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14. January 2004

Samba on OS X
Apple (wiki) - urs @ 21:18:35

Sharing files on a machine with different OSs installed can be a pain. So I was looking for good old Samba to be available on OS X. A "sudo apt-install samba" does most of the job. There are in fact some files to create to have the service available right from start-up. Some good advice can be found in a tutorial by Jason Deraleau [1], although it dates back to 2001.

[1] http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/documentation/howto/html/osxsmb.html

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Comment by chregu @ 2004-01-15 05:25:01:

I don't quite understand. Why do you have to do "apt-get install samba", when Samba comes with the OS? Or is there something missing in the version which comes with OS X?

I don't use/need Samba, therefore I'm really wondering, as I always thought Samba is part of OSX ;)

chregu

Comment by urs @ 2004-01-15 09:56:59:

Oh, while looking for samba it did not seem to be availabe though and yes, there are other ways to share files... I was just wondering ;-) Editing a shared file in an OS X folder from within an application on Windows in a Virtual PC often fails or results in a crashed file. So that is why I was seeking alternatives...

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