SAMBA newbie

[Luke Kearney]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 +0000
David Larkin <david.larkin at djl.co.uk> spake thus:

> I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box.
> 
> I am the only user of both.
> 
> I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver.
> 
> I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD.
> 
> I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing but found the security a nightmare. I've now installed Samba on the FreeBSD box , but I'm not sure this is a good idea.
> 
> Can I set up a 'sandbox' directory on my FreeBSD machine where both machines can read and write ? 
> 
> After installing samba and setting the workgroup in smb.conf, i can now see the FREEBSD box in 'view workgroup computers' but clicking on that I am asked for a username/password , which i'm reluctant to give.
> 
> Any advice ?
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Hello,
If you take a look at the documentation you will find that you have
several options, you can encrypt the passwds, you could set up a guest
account with no passwd but restrict access to a particular filesystem to
think of but two.

HTH

LukeK

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