A client of mine is heavily using Samba (workgroup) from their Windows PC. I used to add samba shares or symbolic links within existing shares so they could access the data folder of different webservices hosted on the server. So far so good.
Recently, they purchased a secondary server to off-load part of the existing services, but they would like to keep the convenient file access through Samba.
Now: I hate samba. Configuration sucks. But the user rules. I could have added a secondary samba server (or client) on the secondary PC, then asked them to log on the proper share. But here is a very Unix way to do it:
Recently, they purchased a secondary server to off-load part of the existing services, but they would like to keep the convenient file access through Samba.
Now: I hate samba. Configuration sucks. But the user rules. I could have added a secondary samba server (or client) on the secondary PC, then asked them to log on the proper share. But here is a very Unix way to do it:
