Can I access Aspire (Linux) files from Windows Explorer

I have used the following excellent thread .....

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=89&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

...to get my Aspire 110 Linux machine to be able to view files on Windows machines on my home network.

However, I was hoping that I would be able to see/access the Aspire drives/folders/files from my Windows XP file manager, in My Network Places.

Is that not going to be possible? I can see Windows files from th Aspire but not the other way round.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
RzB

 

Hmm - I guess from the deafeng silence that perhaps this is not possible?

Has anyone managed to get this going? Am I the only one wanting to do this?

I have searched and can'f find any queries etc on this.

Thanks,
RzB

 

I expect there are better solutions, but I would use ftp.
Install ftpd , that should be the ftp server on the Acer.
( not sure how it is called, I am on another system )
On the windows machine, in the browser:

ftp://user@ip-of-acer

should ask for a password and give you access to your files.

Running the ftp-server in public environments is considered risky ...

HTH --Japser.

 

I'm not clear from your post whether you have samba installed; if you have it should be possible to see the Linpus drive(s) from Windows.

I can't test this easily as I don't use Windows much, so can't talk you through it, but I'd suggest installing samba-swat (it's in the standard repository): this provides a browser-based front end to Samba configuration and should make it a lot easier to sort out. Once it's installed it should just be a matter of going to http://localhost:901 and setting up sharing from there.

There's a full manual for samba-swat on line - google samba swat and you should find it very quickly.

 

You are going to need the Samba server installed. The thread you mention describes the Samba client which allows your Linux box to connect to your Windows shares. The Samba server package will allow you setup shares on your Linux machine and have them network accessible, just like the ones you create when you share a folder on your Windows machine.

I am not familiar with Linpus, but it is Fedora based, so you could google for setting up a samba share in Fedora.

Setting up a share is not that bad (basically identifying a directory, giving it a name and assigning permission) but is made easier with the SWAT tool mentioned. The one limiting thing about the protocol in general is the security. I usually use share-level because it is easier to set up.

 

Daldred,

My last post was sent befor I saw your post. Sort of crossed in the post. Many thanks for your help.

Have I got Samba installed? - hmmm - Not a clue - how do I tell!!!

As you can see - a Linux newbie - but trying hard ! -

I'll do some searching/reading on Samba and probably return here with some questions.

Many thanks for your help,
RzB

 

Use the add/remove software function - in the search tab search for 'samba'. If the box by the samba package is ticked, it's installed. If not, install it! (If there's more than one version listed, install the highest number available - there probably isn't anyway).

Been there......

Had people not helped me out with this sort of thing then (after years of using CP/M then Windows all the way from dos-shell up!), I'd probably have given up; but Windows wouldn't do things properly with some hardware, Linux would, and people did help....

 

David,
Many thanks. I too am an ex DOS man, but not CP/M, but did fight with OS2 for many years (ughh!)!
I'll take a closer look at this in the next few days and come back with questions then if neecessary.
Many thanks,
RzB