How to add a linux machine in a Windows LAN?

gabrezu · 10-10-2008, 10:31 PM

Basically, I have Ubuntu and soon Fedora running on VMWare in my XP machine and I would like to have them share files on my LAN. Bear in mind that I pretty much just started to learn how to use Linux.

**wmorri** · 10-11-2008, 01:39 AM

Hi,

First you are going to make sure that you have file sharing enabled for each folder and place that you want to share between the OS's. Then you need to go to Network in the Places Menu. Then click on the Windows Network, followed by your windows computer, lastly click on the user.

Enable file sharing on Windows OS
Go to the Linux OS
Click on Network in the Places menu.
Click on the Windows Network
Click on your user

Cheers!

Maverick.In · 10-14-2008, 04:33 AM

You could use the following command to mount a windows share on a linux machine, then copy files depending on the permissions you have.
mount -t smbfs -o username=<username_win_machine>,password=<password> //<win_machine_name>/<sharename> /<mount point on linux machine>

So, if I have a share called 'Share' on my my_win box and local user share1 with password !share; the command I would run is
mount -t smbfs -o username=share1,password=!share //my_win/Share /mnt where mnt is the mount point.

Regards

eeswarg · 10-15-2008, 12:06 AM

Creaet A Dir For Fat32 Or Ntfs In Linux Os. Mount In The Same Dir U Can Use Cool All Files And Folders

10-10-2008, 10:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
gabrezu Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 154 OS: XP	How to add a linux machine in a Windows LAN? Basically, I have Ubuntu and soon Fedora running on VMWare in my XP machine and I would like to have them share files on my LAN. Bear in mind that I pretty much just started to learn how to use Linux.

10-11-2008, 01:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,815 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: How to add a linux machine in a Windows LAN? Hi, First you are going to make sure that you have file sharing enabled for each folder and place that you want to share between the OS's. Then you need to go to Network in the Places Menu. Then click on the Windows Network, followed by your windows computer, lastly click on the user. Enable file sharing on Windows OS Go to the Linux OS Click on Network in the Places menu. Click on the Windows Network Click on your user Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

10-14-2008, 04:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
Maverick.In Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: How to add a linux machine in a Windows LAN? You could use the following command to mount a windows share on a linux machine, then copy files depending on the permissions you have. mount -t smbfs -o username=<username_win_machine>,password=<password> //<win_machine_name>/<sharename> /<mount point on linux machine> So, if I have a share called 'Share' on my my_win box and local user share1 with password !share; the command I would run is mount -t smbfs -o username=share1,password=!share //my_win/Share /mnt where mnt is the mount point. Regards

10-15-2008, 12:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
eeswarg Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 OS: win & linux	Re: How to add a linux machine in a Windows LAN? Creaet A Dir For Fat32 Or Ntfs In Linux Os. Mount In The Same Dir U Can Use Cool All Files And Folders