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Date:      Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:15:35 +0100
From:      "Harald Schmalzbauer" <H@Schmalzbauer.de>
To:        "John Wilson" <jmw74@charter.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Samba and XP?
Message-ID:  <COEPJCIGIIIGNLPOKJMDGEHNCMAA.H@Schmalzbauer.de>
In-Reply-To: <010301c2c96c$f0eeada0$6401a8c0@john5tcrjerpxc>

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You could go upside-down and use the FreeBSD machine mounting a
XP-share.
You say that you're using XPhome so ActiveDirectroy or any other
Domain-Controlling issues shouldn't play a role.
I think mount_smbfs is your friend.

Best regards,

-Harry

owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:
> Good Day,
>
> I am currently seeking advice in regard to allowing an XP Home Edition
> machine to have access to a FreeBSD mount.  I've looked over Samba,
> and not only have I seen references to XP's inability to join a
> 'domain based-network', but also don't really like the idea of
> installing Samba as it's a rather large package (relatively speaking)
> for what it simply does.
>
> My only other alternative, if I am correct, is trying to obtain an NFS
> client for the XP machine and simply serve NFS mounts on the FBSD
> host.  The downside to this is the cost of the NFS clients for the XP
> machine. :)
>
> Are there any other alternatives available here?  If not, which of
> the above two 'solutions' would be best?  I only have one BSD machine
> and one XP machine, and I'd like to allow read/write access to a FBSD
> mount from the XP machine.
>
> Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> - John
>
>
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