amirniaz
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Sun Solaris 8 Connectivity with any Windows base computer.
I want to see folders of Sun Solaris 8 Intel based server under my
computer explore window on Microsoft platform
Any help to do it the easy way would be appreciated.
Thanks.
computer explore window on Microsoft platform
Any help to do it the easy way would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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or do it the reverse and use NFS on the server, and an NFS client on the windows machine.
He asked for an easy way to do it. All you need to do is to:
1) Make sure that the FTP service is active on the Solaris server.
2) Connect to the Solaris using an URI of the form "ftp://username:password@servername/"
Ad 1) Try this, first from a shell prompt on the Solaris server:
$ ftp servername
Connected to servername.domainname.
220 servername.domainname FTP server ready.
Username: CTRL-C
If you do not get a connection, check that the FTP-service is not commented out in the Solaris servers /etc/inet/inetd.conf file. If it is (and you are not violating any policy), uncommented the entry for 'ftp', and send a HUP-signal to the inetd daemon ('pkill -HUP -u root inetd' should do the trick). Then try again.
Repeat the test from a CMD-prompt on the Windows PC:
C:> ftp servername
Connected to servername.domainname
220 servername.domainname FTP server ready.
Username: CTRL-C
Ad 2) You can leave out the password if you like. Windows will prompt you for it. You can also create a shortcut that points to the URI (with or without the password).
Have fun,
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MiniMax
1) Make sure that the FTP service is active on the Solaris server.
2) Connect to the Solaris using an URI of the form "ftp://username:password@servername/"
Ad 1) Try this, first from a shell prompt on the Solaris server:
$ ftp servername
Connected to servername.domainname.
220 servername.domainname FTP server ready.
Username: CTRL-C
If you do not get a connection, check that the FTP-service is not commented out in the Solaris servers /etc/inet/inetd.conf file. If it is (and you are not violating any policy), uncommented the entry for 'ftp', and send a HUP-signal to the inetd daemon ('pkill -HUP -u root inetd' should do the trick). Then try again.
Repeat the test from a CMD-prompt on the Windows PC:
C:> ftp servername
Connected to servername.domainname
220 servername.domainname FTP server ready.
Username: CTRL-C
Ad 2) You can leave out the password if you like. Windows will prompt you for it. You can also create a shortcut that points to the URI (with or without the password).
Have fun,
--
MiniMax