accessing my files

[Tim Chase]

> How do I access my windows files in linux, and is there a way
> to access the files on the linux machine from windows?

There are a variety of ways to share files between the two.

You can share a directory on the Linux machine using Samba, and 
it will appear on your local network as any other Windows-share 
would.

You can start an HTTP server on your Linux box, and access it 
from your Windows machine as you would any other website.  It's a 
little more taxing to configure it to allow you to write files 
back to the Linux box (for more info, you'll want to learn about 
"WebDAV"), but if you only need to read files from your Linux 
box, this might be an easy way to go.

You could also set up an FTP server on your Linux box...this 
would allow you to more easily write back to the Linux box in 
addition to reading from it.

I don't know if Samba installation/configuration has gotten any 
easier since the last time I tried it.  It's likely exactly what 
you want, and it plays best (most seamlessly) with Windows, but 
I've found it a little more complex to install/configure than 
just starting Apache and pointing it at the files you want to 
share; or setting up a simple FTP server to which I can dump files.

Hope this helps,

-tim