What to use instead of Samba?

[Shawn Badger]

I use Samba with several of my Windoze boxes including XP with no
problems at all. I even have the users home directories with roaming
profiles hosted on my Linux server.



On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 08:18 -0800, Lyndon Tiu wrote:
> ftp works fine between Windows and Linux.
> 
> Setup the ftp server on Linux and from Windows, simply use Windows Explorer to read-write to the ftp directories on the Linux server as if these are plain directories.
> 
> I wonder what your problem was with Samba? I don't remember you sending emails to this group asking for help. Google does not have all the answers you know! You could have asked us on this list before giving up.
> 
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:10:06 -0700 plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
> > Over the past week I have blown my entire lifetime allotment
> > of time that I can afford to invest in Samba, so I'm done.
> > 
> > Please don't offer help on this subject, my post is just
> > a statement of grief, it's over now, I'm getting past the
> > denial stage and into mourning.  I tried everything Google
> > had to offer -- hundreds of changes to the config, turned
> > off iptables and the Windows firewall, etc.  I have given
> > up, and I'm not the only one so I guess it's just how it
> > is gonna be.
> > 
> > My wife's XP machine will never access a Samba share on
> > my Linux box.  Pity, but apparently I've got *lots* of
> > company.
> > 
> > So where to now:  does anonymous rsync work from Windows?
> > 
> > (Note:  I'm about to post a more important request.
> > This one is just a gripe, the next one is critical
> > to my ability to stay with Linux.)
> > 
> > Vic
> > 
> > 
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