Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 17:07:08 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "John Wilson" <jmw74@charter.net> Subject: Re: Samba and XP? Message-ID: <20030202220722.6E26248463@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <010301c2c96c$f0eeada0$6401a8c0@john5tcrjerpxc>
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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:08:44 -0500, John Wilson wrote: >I am currently seeking advice in regard to allowing an XP Home Edition >machine to have access to a FreeBSD mount. I've looked over Samba, and not >only have I seen references to XP's inability to join a 'domain >based-network', but also don't really like the idea of installing Samba as >it's a rather large package (relatively speaking) for what it simply does. > >My only other alternative, if I am correct, is trying to obtain an NFS >client for the XP machine and simply serve NFS mounts on the FBSD host. The >downside to this is the cost of the NFS clients for the XP machine. :) > >Are there any other alternatives available here? If not, which of the above >two 'solutions' would be best? I only have one BSD machine and one XP >machine, and I'd like to allow read/write access to a FBSD mount from the XP >machine. I have SAMBA 2.2.6 and Windows XP working great. I have Samba setup as a PDC. the worst you have to do is run the SignOrSeal.reg fix from microsoft to login. you have to do that with NT 5.0 as well. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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