Realization of Files Sharing between Linux and Windows Based on Samba

Author

Huili, Zhang

Author_Institution

Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Hebei Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Shijiazhuang

fYear

2008

fDate

18-18 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

418

Lastpage

420

Abstract

With the development of computer network, there are multiple operation systems in one local area network frequently. Windows and Linux are comparatively popular within these operating systems. It is necessary to realize files sharing between different operating systems in local area network. Samba software package, as the bridge across Windows and Linux, can help us resolve the problem. This paper introduces SMB protocol and configuration of Samba primarily. Afterwards it introduces the method that how to realize reversible files sharing between Linux and Windows based on software package, and illustrates the difference when Windows 98 and Windows NT share files and printers from Linux.

Keywords

Linux; local area networks; peer-to-peer computing; software packages; Linux operating system; SMB protocol; Samba software package; Windows operating system; computer network; files sharing; local area network; server message block; Biomedical engineering; Bridges; Linux; Local area networks; Network servers; Operating systems; Peer to peer computing; Printers; Protocols; Software packages; Linux; SMB; Samba; Windows; files sharing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future BioMedical Information Engineering, 2008. FBIE '08. International Seminar on

Conference_Location

Wuhan, Hubei

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3561-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FBIE.2008.97

Filename

5076771