Sharing Folders Between Linux and Windows

[a12ctic]

ok, i want to share a file on my network but i have no idea how to use samba, the windows computer is all configured properly, how would i go along getting the file i need (im a noob at file sharing :-/)

[a12ctic]

heres the output i get with samba

Processing section "[global]"
added interface ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx bcast=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx nmask=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Client started (version 3.0.14a-Ubuntu).
Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx at port 445
error connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (Connection refused)
Connecting to 172.16.1.36 at port 139
Password:
Doing spnego session setup (blob length=16)
server didn't supply a full spnego negprot
Got challenge flags:
Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x608a0215
NTLMSSP: Set final flags:
Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x60080215
NTLMSSP Sign/Seal - Initialising with flags:
Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0x60080215
Domain=[XXXX] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
dos_clean_name []
smb: \>

[AlexK]

Does this file reside on your linux box or your windows box? If it is windows box, just execute this command on linux box:

mount -t smbfs -o username=windows_user_name,password=windows_passowrd //Server_name/share /mount_point

You'll need the smbfs option compiled into your kernel for this to work.

if you want to setup a full server, take a look at this howto