UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi all ;;

I have a Tru64 UNIX machine , first i want my employees ( windows clients) to see specific directory on unix , and how can i put a unix command in a visual basic code to copy the contents of that directory to drive c in the client side who request that by clicking a push button.

kafaween
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Why don't you use a Samba which is shareware. This will allow users to see a drive letter "F: for example" in their "My Computer" settings on the desktops.

The users wouldn't even know that this drive is actually a unix server.

If you then want to give certain users permissions to this drive, then you could setup group policies under windows to only give authorised people access to this drive letter?

Hope it helps in some way.

Thank u for ur answers
I think i will use it , but really i don't have enough experience to do that , could u tell me step by step how to do that , and from where can i download it ..

best regards;
kafaween

mkafaween@ssc.gov.jo

The questions and answers here are supposed to be for the benefit of all, not just you, so posting your email is just asking for trouble. You may have noticed it was edited out of the first post in this thread, that's why.

You can find samba and a large amount of documentation and tutorials on it at samba.org.

[edit] Samba is not shareware. Samba is FREE.