[Samba] SAMBA under window?

[Michael Heydon]

hce wrote:
> On Dec 12, 2007 2:32 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
> <adamtaunowilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>>> I am thinking a network configuration where a SAMBA server is
>>> installed in a window machine so that the web server on that window
>>> machine can talk to linux devices. Is it possible, or it is a stupid
>>> idea?
>>>       
>> There is no need to install Samba on Windows;  Samba does what Windows
>> natively provides.
>>     
>
> I know. May be I should clarify it. Samba is normally installed under
> linux system, but some people only have window system (or they only
> use window system), but want to the web server and Samba server are
> installed on window so that the linux devices can talk to web server
> and window files system to do file transfer and all other things.
>   
So you have some linux box somewhere and you need it to mount the file 
system that is on a windows box?

> So, the question is really, can the Samba be compiled, intalled and
> configurated under Windows?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jim
>   

At first I assumed you had a web interface that used smbclient, which 
would make a little more sense, but if you just want to share 
directories from the windows system then you really don't need samba.

Samba was developed to allow *nix systems to do the things that windows 
does natively, smb/cifs sharing is a built in part of windows.


*Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
michaelh at jaswin.com.au <mailto:michaelh at jaswin.com.au>