Sharing files between a windows and linux computer.

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:05 pm

I would like to easily transfer some files onto my parents computer without having to use my iAudio. What is the easiest way to do this and how do I do it? I have tried setting up SAMBA but that got very confusing so I gave up. I was going to try setting up a local ftp service or something but I didn't know how. So can you guys give me some good suggestions or tutorials?

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:36 pm

Just share a folder on your parents' computer, and then use KDE's Samba client abilities by putting "smb:/", without the quotes of course, into Konqueror's URL bar and hit enter, then it should go out and look for the Windows machine and then you can just dump the files right in there.

Samba is a big pain the ass to set up, that's why I love SUSE's YaST, makes it a breeze!

Karl · Post by **Karl** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:36 pm

WinSCP works very well. It uses SSH. So all you need running on linux is sshd then just log in with your username.

http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

snarkout · Post by **snarkout** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:05 pm

Fat32 or NTFS? Last I checked, even with samba writing to ntfs from linux was sketchy. It's been quite a while since I needed samba shares to work in that direction though.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:26 pm

Snarkout wrote:Fat32 or NTFS? Last I checked, even with samba writing to ntfs from linux was sketchy. It's been quite a while since I needed samba shares to work in that direction though.

LOL, when was that last time? Dude, when you're using Samba it's the local operating system that does all the writing to the drive, Samba is just a network protocol it's not a file system the way way NTFS or EXT3 is.

doublejoon · Post by **doublejoon** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:01 pm

chmod +s smbclient
chmod +s smbmount
chmod +s smbumount
smbmount //your windows box/share /where ever you chose on your linux box -o username=your windows box username password=you windows box password

or

mount -t smbfs //your windows box/share /where ever you chose on your linux box -o username=your windows box username password=you windows box password

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:11 pm

going to have to put this on hold for a little while windows is broken again. What live cd has a new version of clamav so I can scan it for viruses? The damn thing won't boot up but I know its a problem with windows since knoppix works fine.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:16 pm

CptnObvious999 wrote:going to have to put this on hold for a little while windows is broken again. What live cd has a new version of clamav so I can scan it for viruses? The damn thing won't boot up but I know its a problem with windows since knoppix works fine.

Why don't you just install Linux on their machine and be done with it?

Juts give 'em SUSE, Mandriva, Mepis or something like that, I think they'll like KDE's light and "fresh looking" interface, my mum sure does.

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:29 pm

She doesn't want to. She says she needs windows for work.

Jza · Post by **Jza** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:37 pm

Tsuroerusu wrote:
Snarkout wrote:Fat32 or NTFS? Last I checked, even with samba writing to ntfs from linux was sketchy. It's been quite a while since I needed samba shares to work in that direction though.
LOL, when was that last time? Dude, when you're using Samba it's the local operating system that does all the writing to the drive, Samba is just a network protocol it's not a file system the way way NTFS or EXT3 is.

I think he was mentioning the use of CIFS authentication to access the drives. This only happen if you put a user/pwd on your shares.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:11 am

CptnObvious999 wrote:She doesn't want to. She says she needs windows for work.

LOL, Windows for work? Are you certain about that? What does she actually use her computer for? Even if she doesn't want to, do as I do and say "I won't support you if you don't take responsibility in the first place and run a decent operating system", that I told my mum, because I don't want to go and explain why a firewall popup comes up the minute she surfs on the web.

CptnObvious999 · Post by **CptnObvious999** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:36 am

Shes a teacher and has some grading program that is very sensitive to data so I wouldn't bother trying wine since it doesn't even like to switch between windows 2000 and xp. Other than that she just uses it for email and word

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:50 pm

CptnObvious999 wrote:Shes a teacher and has some grading program that is very sensitive to data so I wouldn't bother trying wine since it doesn't even like to switch between windows 2000 and xp.

Oh I see, well this is exactly the issue Dann has been explaining many times now. And by the way, I don't see Wine ever running a big application relieably, because Microsoft constantly changes stuff in Windows, and even if it runs Photoshop close to perfect, it will still be an old version because the newest one uses new Windows features.

CptnObvious999 wrote:Other than that she just uses it for email and word