From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 27 21:55:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1A8C16A401 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:55:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Received: from parrot.aev.net (parrot.aev.net [212.31.247.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4187713C448 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:55:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Received: from soth.ventu ([151.77.236.62]) (authenticated bits=128) by parrot.aev.net (8.14.0/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3RM5we5010289 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:06:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Received: from alamar.ventu (alamar.ventu [10.1.2.18]) by soth.ventu (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3RLt2ku005298; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:55:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Message-ID: <4632711C.1090201@netfence.it> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:54:36 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070423) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: L Goodwin References: <416323.52564.qm@web58112.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <416323.52564.qm@web58112.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.61 on 212.31.247.179 Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No SMB/Samba support on Windows Home Editions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:55:13 -0000 L Goodwin wrote: > I just had a long talk with the ISP's tech support, > and was told a number of things that I would like to > confirm or deny: I don't think you are that clear, but I'll try and answer anyway... > 1) Windows "Home" editions (including XP and Vista) > have support for SMB protocol disabled in Active > Directory Domain Connections functionality! > Is this true? Depends on what you mean. You can access Samba share from Win XP Home, but you cannot join a domain. I guess Vista Home should work the same, but I don't really know: there might still compatibility issues in Samba, but we are a bit OT here; you should ask on a Samba list. > 2) The only way to make Samba work for Windows Home > editions is to change the Samba server's domain > configuration to "peer-to-peer". > Is this true? If YES, how do I do that? > Could not find reference it in the Official Samba-3 > HOW TO and Reference Guide. AFAIK there is no such switch in Samba. A Samba server can be a PDC, a BDC, a domain member or a stand-alone server, but the concept of peer-to-peer is quite out of scope. Besides I've succesfully connectectd many WinXP Home to a PDC/BDC, so I guess that setting is irrelevant. > 3) Other options discussed: > > 1) Replace Vista Home with Windows XP Pro (or Vista > Pro) or exchange computer for one with a "Pro" > edition. Quite expensive. Might be worth or might be not. Either way it's not the solution for you; I fear your problems lies somewhere else and you would still get them, unless what you are trying to achieve is a central account/password management. If that is in fact the case, this is *the only* solution. > 2) Repartition the RAID 1 Mirror/Duplex as NTFS (or > DOS) partitions (and don't use Samba)? What has this to do with the rest? > 3) Change FreeBSD server to a Windows server (ugh). I dub your (ugh). Besides this is not gonna help, if what you want is a domain. Win Home will still be unable to join it; it's just crippled like that. bye av.