file server for both windows and lcnc acess ??

Running 24Tb now and using it to back up all my systems and exchange files.

details on those setup's ??? I'm not a I.T. guy at all

smc.collins wrote:

details on those setup's ??? I'm not a I.T. guy at all

Just get a Synology NAS and the IT is all done for you for both Windows and Linux.

You can just enable Samba on your linuxcnc box (best if you Linux users have permissions to their home folder) but Windows has by default disabled a SMB policy which needs to be enabled to allow it to work. Then you can save files straight to the nc_files folder.

It been years that I've set up mine but maybe this gives you a good idea:
www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/...-debian-11-bullseye/

With Rockstor enable samba and install from rock_ons install (Web Service Discovery For Windows Networks). Windows will handle it as a network drive, and so will Linux. This will run on a Pi and it is free.

so, get a NAS and setup samba, seems easy enough, thanks