Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:54:30 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Lanny Baron <beef@cybertouch.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: samba and wan Message-ID: <199809211654.RAA18562@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Sep 1998 02:00:49 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980921014759.28022A-100000@beef.cybertouch.org>
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You should read through the smb.conf man page and any READMEs you
find the source dist.
The answer is ``yes but....''. Basically, you need to configure each
network to push the browse lists to the next one. If you don't want
to do this, you can still get things to work without the network
neighbourhood browsing by creating DNS aliases on the local network
that point to the real machines - so if a.b.c wants to connect to a
share on d.e.f, you need a d.b.c CNAME that points to d.e.f.
> Hello,
>
> Does samba allow a windows user from anywhere on the internet to
> connect to a unix server? And if so, is this done or shown (by computer
> name) in Network Neiborhood? I have installed it here and can see my unix
> (FreeBSD) box via network Neiborhood. It is rather good for ppl who dont
> have time or the inclination to learn unix. But I want to know if someone
> in England or Australia could use their windows box to see my FreeBSD box
> and use it.
>
> If the above is possible I can see some good benefits to the
> industry I am in. And please dont tell me "good morning" ... The world of
> unix seems to be larger than the universe itself.
>
> Thank you for your help,
>
> Lanny
--
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