Where's the best samba tutorial/walkthrough?

[nmeyers at javalinux.net (nmeyers at javalinux.net)]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 09:01:48AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> If you want linux to be a windows fileshare _client_ then you don't
> need samba.
> 
> man smbmount

You don't need to run the samba server - but you do need the samba
package, which contains smbmount. (Unless you're running some distro
that packages samba client and server components separately - then you
just need the client part.)

Nathan

> 
> -derek
> 
> Duane Morin <dmorin at lear.morinfamily.com> writes:
> 
> > During my recent mucking about with my windows machine I picked up a new
> > 120gig disk, which is now attached to said WindowsXP machine.  I'd like
> > to use Samba to point my Linux web server at it for serving up pictures
> > of the kids.
> >
> > Googling around is not helping me understand what exactly it is I'm
> > supposed to do to make this happen.  Anybody got recommendations on a
> > Samba for Dummies that I can't get wrong?
> >
> > Duane
> >
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