Samba / 2012-01-14 14:01:43

Installing Samba is a bit complicated but great resources exist out there to help:

1. Download Samba v2.2.5 (the binary for 68k) from Aminet;
2. Read through the INSTALL.AMIGA file, it could save you a lots of troubles later!
3. Follow the steps provided by Mikey_C of Amigans, it works straight out-of-the box for me;
4. My Samba configuration file tells pretty much all about configuring the Amiga side.

Using this configuration, I managed to access the content of the Amiga from the PC directly:

Also, using smbfs, I can browse the content of the PC directly from the Amiga:

Other useful resources include:

• A thread on AmigaWorld;
• A discussion about network addresses and masks;
• A chapter on name resolution in O'Reilly "Using Samba".