Q: file sharing among Linux, Win2000, Mac OS X?

[Gary Ford]

I have a small network that includes a RedHat Linux 7.3 box, a Windows
2000 Professional box, and a Mac OS X box, among others. I'd like to
support file sharing among these three machines.

So far, I've had limited success. Enabling "Personal File Sharing" on
the Mac allows the Win2000 box to see the Mac's files. The other five
possible pairwise file-sharing arrangements have failed. In some cases,
the client cannot see the server machine; in some cases it reports
permission failures. I've tried such things as creating identical
accounts (user name, password) on all machines, and setting the most
unrestrictive permissions possible on all machines.

I'd appreciate pointers to documentation that addresses configuring
these machines to work together. I'm a long-time Mac and UNIX/Linux
user, but a newbie to Windows. The Windows box is likely to be my main
file server, so allowing the other two machines to mount its shared
folders is my priority.

Please respond to this group. Thanks.

Gary Ford
Plaid Flannel Software

 

[BobC]

I have a small network that includes a RedHat Linux 7.3 box, a Windows
2000 Professional box, and a Mac OS X box, among others. I'd like to
support file sharing among these three machines.

So far, I've had limited success. Enabling "Personal File Sharing" on
the Mac allows the Win2000 box to see the Mac's files. The other five
possible pairwise file-sharing arrangements have failed. In some cases,
the client cannot see the server machine; in some cases it reports
permission failures. I've tried such things as creating identical
accounts (user name, password) on all machines, and setting the most
unrestrictive permissions possible on all machines.

I'd appreciate pointers to documentation that addresses configuring
these machines to work together. I'm a long-time Mac and UNIX/Linux
user, but a newbie to Windows. The Windows box is likely to be my main
file server, so allowing the other two machines to mount its shared
folders is my priority.

Please respond to this group. Thanks.

Gary Ford
Plaid Flannel Software

samba
http://www.samba.org/

 

[Kenneth Porter]

samba
http://www.samba.org/

Additionally, use the comp.protocols.smb newsgroup. That's where the Samba
people hang out. And v3.0 of Samba is imminent, and is supposed to work
much better when integrating into Windows domains.

 

[Brendon Rogers]

Samba will make a Unix box appear as a Windows box on your network.
MS Services for Unix will make your Windows server appear as an NFS server
for your Unix clients.

Otherwise SMBClient on your Linux box (sorry no experience with OS X, but
damn I want a G5) will allow you to map a drive to the Windows server.