Re: samba

[haphazard@socketis.net (Greg Norris)]

Ok, I think I have it working now.  I have a single win95 machine on a
local network (twisted-pair crossover cable), with the linux box acting as
a samba server.  Samba's set to act as a wins server for win95 (I suppose I
could drop that part... how bad could broadcasts possibly be with only 2
machines in the network?).  As for the dial-up PPP connection to work, all
I need to be able to do is mount a few NT shares, and it seems that the
ksmbfs package will be sufficient for that.

Thanx!


> First of all, I don't think the version of samba you have supports the *use* of
> WINS servers. I know recent versions do because I'm on the samba list and follow
> its development. Anyway, if your version does, then don't use 'wins support =
> yes' as this makes your machine act as a wins *server* which is not what you
> want. You want to be a wins client. From what I gather from the smb.conf man
> page, the 'wins server = x.x.x.x' makes your machine register with a wins server,
> while it doesn't say anything about using this server for wins lookups. At any
> rate, you may not need the wins server. You may be able to overcome this by using
> the 'interfaces = ' option. WINS name lookup (unlike DNS lookups) defaults to
> using network broadcast. This is problematic with dialup lines since on a
> point-to-point like only the guy on the other side will see your broadcast.
> Broadcasts are not relayed by routers (unless they're directed broadcasts bound
> for an interface other than the one which they were received), but I digress.
> 
> I think I'm missing what you're trying to do though. Let's get back to who's
> trying to connect to who. Perhaps you could draw a little ascii-art network
> representation. If I understand correctly, your Linux box dials up your NT
> network. Then you're trying to connect to a network share which is on the network
> you've dialed into, right? Is this a windows box you're trying to connect to? You
> 'local win95 machine' is local to where, your Linux box or the network you're
> dialing into?
> 
> --
> Jens B. Jorgensen
> jjorgens@bdsinc.com


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