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Windows sharing with macOS and Linux

Windows sharing with macOS and Linux

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Windows sharing with macOS and Linux

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- You got to hand it to Microsoft, if there's one thing they've done right is they have developed the concept of active directory in such a way that everybody likes to use it. Not only active directory for log-ons and such, but even on top of that, the ability to use folder and printer sharing in the classic Microsoft way is so dominant that even all the other primary operating systems follow along with this. So basically that means if you're going to be running a Linux system or if you're going to be running a Mac system and you want to share folders and files, you'll probably be doing it the Microsoft way, which is actually kind of interesting. Now, Microsoft has had their own methodology for sharing that goes back to the 1980s and it started with something called LAN Manager. And this has evolved a lot over the years and we now call it Server Message Blocks, or SMB. Built into Linux and built into Macs is a…

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