[FX.php List] [off-topic] A Windows question...

[Erik Andreas Cayré]

Den 10/05/2007 kl. 20.12 skrev Bob Patin:

> Here's a question that I think I can already answer, but:
>
> In my brief stint on the Windows platform, I never connected to a  
> Mac's drive. Is it possible, without any extra software, for a PC  
> user to mount a Mac drive remotely?
>
> I have a potential client for whom I may colocate a server, but she  
> needs to mount it remotely, as will others in her office. It has  
> suddenly dawned on me that I use Mac servers, and her office is  
> probably filled with PCs. The server I'd use here wouldn't be an  
> Intel Mac, by the way.
>
> Is it possible for a PC user to mount a Mac drive across the  
> Internet? I'm assuming it's not possible, but perhaps I'm missing  
> something...

It really depends on the planned use of the mounted drive...

ftp is a possibility, which works even with Mac OS X client. There  
are several good 3rd party ftp servers available both free and cheap  
which give you better control than what is in Mac OS X (ftp-only  
users etc)

Windows sharing is also buitl into Mac OS X (Samba is the Open Source  
component under the hood).

If you run Mac OS X Server, this is all quite easy, since Apple makes  
tools available in Server to make Windows shares etc.

The right solution for your customer depends on her needs. You *can*  
do it with Mac OS X, probably even quite cheap...


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