[TriLUG] adding Linux/samba fileserver to an existing windoze network

[James Tuttle]

Connecting to a Linux Samba server from a Windows client is a non-issue.
 There's usually nothing to configure on the client side.  Just map a drive.

The one thing I have found myself having to do lately is to configure
Windows clients to send unencrypted passwords to my Samba server.  I
suspect that's to do with our domain configuration, though, since I've
never had to do it before.  I can't compare it to configuring Windows
clients to to connect to a Windows file server (shudder), but as simple
as Windows-to-Linux is I can't imagine it's any more difficult than
Windows-to-Windows.

You know, it depends on what 'best' means.  Most secure?  No.  Use
WinSCP to connect over SSH2.  Simplest?  No.  Use a USB drive.  It works
pretty damn well, though.

Jim

christian at stalberg.net wrote:
> Is Samba still the best way to go for Windows users to connect to a Linux server
> from which to share data? How difficult is it going to be to add a linux file
> server using Samba to our LAN? For example, am I going to have to configure
> TCP/IP on each PC on our LAN to talk to Samba? Anything else I should be aware
> of in doing this?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 


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