If you are a Mac user, you have the same kind of capabilities outlined here using CAP . If you are a Windows 98 user, there is an additional setup step.
Instructions are available.
If you delete a file on the UNIX system after connecting with Samba, it will NOT go into the local trash. This means that you can't undelete it easily. Samba is a program running on the UNIX systems that permits you to access your UNIX files as if they were part of your Windows system. This means that you can do simple drag and drop file transfers between the systems, or use a wordprocessor on your PC to edit a file on the UNIX system. Or how about dragging some important files to the UNIX system so they get backed up automatically.