On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Patel, Pinakin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to determine if I can use Samba for a specific requirement. > > To my understanding (and based on what I have read about Samba so far), Samba > is used to map a Unix directory on a Windows client; thus enabling the > Windows users to navigate through Unix content. > We want to use it the other way around; we have a batch process that runs on > a Unix server that generates some reports. We need to move these reports to a > Windows directory server using the same unix batch script. We were hoping > that we could possibly use something like Samba to be able to map the Windows > directory on the Unix server (to make it look like a Unix share). Is this at > all possible? > > Our fallback is to use something like ftp/sftp but the Windows Directory > server has a lengthy process to get any software added to it; and currently > it does not have any ftp clients running on it. >
You want to use the cifs filesystem that is built into the kernel and the mount.cifs command. John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
