Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:54:36 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: L Goodwin <xrayv19@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No SMB/Samba support on Windows Home Editions Message-ID: <4632711C.1090201@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <416323.52564.qm@web58112.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <416323.52564.qm@web58112.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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L Goodwin wrote: > I just had a long talk with the ISP's tech support, > and was told a number of things that I would like to > confirm or deny: I don't think you are that clear, but I'll try and answer anyway... > 1) Windows "Home" editions (including XP and Vista) > have support for SMB protocol disabled in Active > Directory Domain Connections functionality! > Is this true? Depends on what you mean. You can access Samba share from Win XP Home, but you cannot join a domain. I guess Vista Home should work the same, but I don't really know: there might still compatibility issues in Samba, but we are a bit OT here; you should ask on a Samba list. > 2) The only way to make Samba work for Windows Home > editions is to change the Samba server's domain > configuration to "peer-to-peer". > Is this true? If YES, how do I do that? > Could not find reference it in the Official Samba-3 > HOW TO and Reference Guide. AFAIK there is no such switch in Samba. A Samba server can be a PDC, a BDC, a domain member or a stand-alone server, but the concept of peer-to-peer is quite out of scope. Besides I've succesfully connectectd many WinXP Home to a PDC/BDC, so I guess that setting is irrelevant. > 3) Other options discussed: > > 1) Replace Vista Home with Windows XP Pro (or Vista > Pro) or exchange computer for one with a "Pro" > edition. Quite expensive. Might be worth or might be not. Either way it's not the solution for you; I fear your problems lies somewhere else and you would still get them, unless what you are trying to achieve is a central account/password management. If that is in fact the case, this is *the only* solution. > 2) Repartition the RAID 1 Mirror/Duplex as NTFS (or > DOS) partitions (and don't use Samba)? What has this to do with the rest? > 3) Change FreeBSD server to a Windows server (ugh). I dub your (ugh). Besides this is not gonna help, if what you want is a domain. Win Home will still be unable to join it; it's just crippled like that. bye av.
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