loging into Mac OSX

[BriGy86]

is this somthing i could do using windows XP pro loging into MAC OSX?

i looked online and it seems to be all linux and unix

 

[drag]

There is a SSH client called putty.exe for Win32 that is very good and it is free.

 

[BriGy86]

so if it got that would i be able to log in or at least use file sharing with my sis?

 

[Nothinman]

Putty will let you login and get a shell, it has nothing to do with file sharing. Although you could use the putty scp client to transfer files if you wanted to.

 

[cleverhandle]

OSX has Windows file-sharing built-in through the use of Samba. Not having a Mac, I couldn't tell you quite how to do it, but you definitely shouldn't need any extra programs.

 

[BriGy86]

well i see it did have that but it said to type ssh (her user name)@(the IP of the computer) in a command shell or somthing ill post exactly what it said prolly tomarrow

 

[hopejr]

You can use PuTTY as suggested but the mac must have ssh enabled, by starting Remote Login in the Sharing preferences.

 

[BriGy86]

ok, i can log into her computer and view her files on the desktop (but can't access them cause they aren't shared)

im trying to find a way that she can access shared files on my computer now

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
ok, i can log into her computer and view her files on the desktop (but can't access them cause they aren't shared)

im trying to find a way that she can access shared files on my computer now

As already stated, you can simply share files via the network - it's far easier than what you're trying to do... just turn on Windows filesharing on the Mac, put the files in XYZ's home directory, and log into the Mac as XYZ from the Windows machine over the network, and you'll see all of those files in the home directory.

 

[BriGy86]

but would she be able to put files onto my hard drive as well?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
but would she be able to put files onto my hard drive as well?

If you setup permissions properly she'll be able to.

 

[hopejr]

In finder, click Go -> Connect to Server. Then type in smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the ip address of the windows box. A window will pop up with all the shares on the windows box, and they can be browsed.

 

[BriGy86]

thanks for the help everyone, i think i have it all figured out now

on the Mac i did what you said but with out typing in the IP and it just found my computer and my parents computer automaticaly🙂