On Nov 15, 0:52, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> Basically Samba is Windows networking for non-Windows machines. At work,
> it's how the NT boxes access the data which for obvious reasons is kept
on
> a real OS. Their are versions for most UNIX varients, the Amiga,
OpenVMS,
> and others. Since it's basically a Windows thing, and I don't have to
deal
> with it at work, I don't claim to know anything about it. I can do a
basic
> Samba install and with a lot of cursing get a Win95/98/NT box to connect
to
> it.
>
> If you want useful info on it, I'd recommend http://www.samba.org because
> I'm sure the info I just gave is both useless and questionable :^)
Oh, I think (since I have to look after Samba stuff under similar
circumstances) it's quite accurate. You just have to remember that the
cursing is, apparently, mandatory.
> BTW, I've found the real trick of working with Samba (on the Admin side)
is
> remembering where the &)# _at_*^% smb.conf file on a particular machine is!
That too :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Mon Nov 15 1999 - 19:14:53 GMT