Re: [THNXS]&[Q]: SMB client for Dos/win3.11
Yes, I have been corrected in this respect. Sorry for the
inadvertent FUD.
-Brad
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Jeremiah Johnson wrote:
> Windows for Workgroups has SMB clients packaged in, but DOS does not.
> There ARE dos clients packaged with Windows NT Server, however. I'm no
> fan of windows, and I am not defending it, I just believe in giving
> correct information whenever possible.
>
> -Jeremiah Johnson
>
> On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, bradleyb wrote:
>
> > I don't believe there is an SMB client for DOS or Win3x... There would be
> > if M$ had any respect for their customer base, but....
> > If you have Windows for Workgroups available, I believe that can act as an
> > SMB client.
> > As for dos, I would suggest looking into NCP, i.e. the NetWare protocol.
> > You could make the linux box an NCP print server as well as an SMB print
> > server. I'm not sure where to get the NCP client for DOS, but I'm sure
> > they're around.
> >
> > -Brad
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Jose L Gomez Dans wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > > First of all, thanks to all those who guided me into the depths of
> > > installing Linux into an archaic i386 with only 40 megs hard drive. This has
> > > been accomplished, and it is now acting as a printer server).
> > >
> > > My question is: it's easy enough to connect a win 95/8 machine to
> > > this server using samba, but I don't know what sort of software there might
> > > be to do the same from DOS and from Win3.11. We have some stuff running
> > > under these OS's and would like to take advantage of them. Is there such a
> > > client that anyone could point out to? (where to download it from, basically
> > > X-D)
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot,
> > > Jose
> > > --
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> > > Radar & Communications Group
> > > Department of Electronic Engineering
> > > University of Sheffield UK
> > >
> > >
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