From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 09:19:42 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 33C7816A409 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:19:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D32AD13C484 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:19:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l3S9JZDY049368; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:19:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Derek Ragona" , "L Goodwin" , Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:20:18 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070427164238.02745d78@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:19:38 -0700 (PDT) Cc: 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: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:19:42 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Derek Ragona > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:50 PM > To: L Goodwin; FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: No SMB/Samba support on Windows Home Editions > > > At 03:49 PM 4/27/2007, L Goodwin wrote: > >I've been working feverishly to set up a Samba share > >on FreeBSD 6.2 server to provide file storage for > >clients running Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista Home > >Premium. > > > >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: > > > >1) Windows "Home" editions (including XP and Vista) > >have support for SMB protocol disabled in Active > >Directory Domain Connections functionality! > >Is this true? > > Not exactly. Home edition CANNOT log into a domain or active > directory. If you need that functionality, upgrade to XP Pro. > > > >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. > > I've never done that so am no help. > There is a hack for HP home that makes it join a domain. You can google for this. It is a violation of the license agreement, of course. Not recommended for a business to do this. The only realistic option here is to run share-level security under a workgroup style network. The downside is that there is no centralized password management. But, in a smaller network that really doesen't matter. > >3) Other options discussed: > > > >1) Replace Vista Home with Windows XP Pro (or Vista > >Pro) or exchange computer for one with a "Pro" > >edition. > > Vista licenses can be downgraded to XP. You need to check on which > versions can be downgraded to XP Pro. > Only the Vista Business versions have downgrade rights to XP Pro. The Vista Home versions can only downgrade to XP Home. Additionally, there are no downgrade rights with OEM licenses. > > No one I know is jumping to vista until service pack one ships. > One of the Intel VPs during an interview accidentally let it slip out that Microsoft has scheduled SP1 for Vista for 4th quarter 2007. Ted