From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 17 17:05:23 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D08216A4CE for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:05:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.spcrepair.com (12-219-29-187.client.mchsi.com [12.219.29.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7BBC43D46 for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:05:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gesmith@spcrepair.com) Received: by mail.spcrepair.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D0B81173E8; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:05:21 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:05:21 -0500 From: Glen Smith To: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org Message-ID: <20050417170521.GA8876@spcrepair.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Organization: Smith's PC Repair X-URL: http://www.spcrepair.com X-GPG-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA9FD7D31 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 9A4D FB5A 934E 335B 7B14 2E80 D3CD B41D A9FD 7D31 Subject: Re: Attaching to a Windows peer-to-peer network without a domain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glen Smith List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:05:23 -0000 Hi Ahost On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Ahost Isco wrote: > Hello: > > Could someone tell me the steps necessary to connect freeBSD as a guest to > a Microsoft Windows peer-to-peer network that is running without a domain? > Windows has a network connectivity that doesn't require a domain > controller, DNS, or any of the normal network stuff. It uses a workgroup, > and an 'announce' to the group. All computers in the group see all the > other computers in the group. Computers can be added to the network by > simply attaching and powering on, and removed by simply disconnecting. It > is used practically exclusively for home networks behind a firewall, with > IP addresses that are not shared with the WAN. > > I would like to connect my freeBSD computer to such a network TEMPORARILY, > so I don't want to change their existing network configuration. The network > setting I'm wanting to connect to uses a TCP/IP protocol. Such networks are > limited in what they can do, but I don't want my freeBSD computer to end up > being a controller in such an environment. I seem to be having some > difficulty in setting this up. > > Samba is already installed. Can someone provide me with a command sequence > that would allow the connection to such a network as a guest, with the > ability to view the shared files / folders on this network? Check out the security directive in your smb.conf. "security = user" will set up a workgroup. Sincerely, Glen Smith -- IT/Network Administrator Smith's PC Repair & Consulting http://www.spcrepair.com