HOW DO YOU SHARE FILES IN GENTOOX??

jahme · Post by **jahme** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:05 pm

IM A BEGINNER IN GENTOOX AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO SHARE FILES FROM MY NETWORK BY SAMBA OR ANY?

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:12 pm

A beginner in gentoox you may be but that doesn't mean you can't use lower case letters like a normal person.

Everything you need to know about samba is in the manual. You also have an ftp server at your disposale

jahme · Post by **jahme** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:50 pm

what manual?

vplayer · Post by **vplayer** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:48 am

look carefully at the gentoox website and u would know what manual...

always search before u ask a question and 90% of the time u would fine ur answer.

hope that helps..

jahme · Post by **jahme** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:29 am

i did look at the manual but it didnt make me clear on how to share files using samba..can someone pleasee help me out im wanting to file share sooooooooooo badly....thanks in advance

vplayer · Post by **vplayer** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:35 pm

Hi,

Samba is now preinstalled in Home v2.1. You can access your xbox by running "\xbox oot" in windows, or if this doesnt work "\xbox_ip oot".

What are you not clear about this. Explain what you have done till now and someone should be able to help you..

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:20 pm

The Gentoox user manual which is really easy to find if you have eyes wrote:Samba
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Samba shares are now activated on your Xbox. You can access them from windows by going to the following SMB share names

SMB share | Target | Default Status
---------------------------------------------------------------
\xboxc | C: | Unmounted - Safety precaution
\xboxd | D: | Unmounted - No media in drive by default
\xboxe | E: | Mounted
\xboxf | F: | Mounted
\xbox oot | / | Mounted - Can't unmount
---------------------------------------------------------------

If the above share names do not work, try replacing "xbox" with your Xbox's IP, e.g.:

\192.168.1.13c etc...

When asked for a username/ password, supply your root details (defaults to root/ xbox)

Please note that drives must first be mounted from linux to be accessible over samba! To mount C, type "mount /mnt/fatx/c", to mount D, type "mount /mnt/cdrom". Also, ANY samba user can edit, make or delete files from your drives. If you find this too insecure you have a few options:

1) Disable samba by running "rc-update del samba default" as root
2) Change the permissions by running "pico /etc/samba/smb.conf", scroll to the bottom and change all "Writable = Yes" to "Writable = No"
3) Change user passwords, this can be easily achived through webmin: http://xbox_ip:10000/samba/edit_epass.cgi Click the username whose password you wish to change, then enter a new one. Its advisable you change them ALL or delete them ALL but one user, and change the remaining user's password!
4) Dont enable it when asked on first boot!

Don't complain about this being so insecure - only root can access F so this was the only way!

jahme · Post by **jahme** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:58 am

whenever i type "\xbox oot" in firefox in my windows, it takes me to the gentoox website.why doesnt it reach my xbox?

jahme · Post by **jahme** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:59 am

whenever i type "\xbox oot" in firefox in my windows, it takes me to the gentoox website.why doesnt it reach my xbox?

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:23 am

you usually need two backslashes and the name of the server

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\\xbox\xbox oot

Shallax could you change this on the manual

jahme · Post by **jahme** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 10:12 pm

ok tried '\\xbox oot' in the run command of windows and the internet browser but nothing comes up. what's wrong then? can u someone please help me out?

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:23 pm

Sorry, being stupid, check my edited post above

jahme · Post by **jahme** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:10 pm

well ok thanks for that but where do i type that in? do i type it in my computer's internet browser, run command or what?

vplayer · Post by **vplayer** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:44 pm

internet browser or your windows explorer should be fine..

jahme · Post by **jahme** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:04 pm

sorry but i'm not really getting this..so do i just type \\xbox\xbox oot? is this the exact format and EXACT text i put on the internet browser or the run command in WINDOWS?