Sharing files between Suse8.2 and Windows XP

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Derfel Cadarn
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Sharing files between Suse8.2 and Windows XP

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I've recently reinstalled my box: SuSE8.2 on one HDD and XP on another. Untill now I always used Win98.
My problem is that I cannot share files between linux and win. I've created a special FAT32-partition for this prupose and in XP i gave this partition free for other users (may change files). In Linux i try to change the owner and/or group from 'root' to 'myself' and/or 'users', but I get the message 'you do not have sufficient rights'. Also i cannot 'chmod' it to rwxrwxrwx or something like that. I just get no access.
Funny thing is that (as 'root') i _can_ create a subdir and change the owner for that subdir. But that subdir never shows up, when i switch to xp again!! 8O

If i cannot solve this, i'm thinking of throwing the towel, reinstall 98 and forget all about testing my sites in IE6 :twisted: Testing in IE5.5 will have to do, in that case :evil:

Does any1 have a clue what I've done wrong?
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Post by Derfel Cadarn »

It seems I only needed to edit the fstab-file!

Works like a fiddle now! 8)
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Post by no_memories »

Well,

XP has to be in a local workgroup or on a domain to share files. Once each comp is in the workgroup/domain, you can then set permissions to access folders/files.

I'm not to familiar with Linux, but I'm guessing there should be some setting as to being in a workgroup/domain of some type?

If you try to access folders or files from the Linux machine to the XP machine without having set the permissions within a local workgroup or on a domain, it will give you an error.

If you have a 3rd server, you could set it up as a local host domain server and set user policies on the server.

You need to go through the network setup wizard in XP to make it a part of a domain or workgroup. Ideally, both machines would have admin rights. I'm just not that familiar with Linux but sharing should be a breeze after that.

Special note: make sure your Internet connection firewall is turned off for the given adapter. Modems and NICs alike can have a firewall enabled.
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