Is windows wide open?

squiffy · 13 May 2007 at 14:25

I have a shared directory e:\shared on my desktop. I've just played around with Ubuntu and when I accessed my LAN I could see even root directory on c:\ on my desktop :eek:

Clarkey · 13 May 2007 at 14:43

administration shares, default share all volumes, need some admin credentials to use them though.

NathanE · 13 May 2007 at 14:57

Sounds like the c$ share to me. Pretty standard stuff although on Vista it is disabled by default.

MarcLister · 13 May 2007 at 15:48

Going to keep an eye on this thread squiffy. I'm looking to set up a Linux box over the summer and install Ubuntu. I want to be able to share files between the Windows and Linux OS' so I might bug you for help.

Freakish_05 · 13 May 2007 at 18:35

MarcLister said:
Going to keep an eye on this thread squiffy. I'm looking to set up a Linux box over the summer and install Ubuntu. I want to be able to share files between the Windows and Linux OS' so I might bug you for help.

Just to spoil the surprise for you mate you can indeed share files between Windows and Linux. Have played with linux a fair bit myself (always ended up with windows though lol). But just yesterday I used a Kubuntu live CD to rescue files from my lappy and pump them across to my Desktop. Worked seamlessly after a little bit of command line configuring

).

Google for 'Samba' and you should find everything you need to know.

HTH
Freakish_05

MarcLister · 13 May 2007 at 18:42

Freakish_05 said:
Just to spoil the surprise for you mate you can indeed share files between Windows and Linux.

Yep I know.

Freakish_05 said:
Google for 'Samba' and you should find everything you need to know.

HTH
Freakish_05

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