Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 16:44:15 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@i-clue.de> To: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smbfs vs. Samba Message-ID: <01051116441504.17691@informatix.i-clue.de> In-Reply-To: <SAK.2001.05.11.bcnjrigr@support10> References: <SAK.2001.05.11.bcnjrigr@support10>
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On Friday 11 May 2001 16:44, Peter wrote: > Quick question: > I have a: > Win 95 box, and a FreeBSD box Networked. > They can ping each other so network is working fine. > > Now I want the Win95 box to be able to browse the files on the FreeBSD box > [The files I want it to browse are on a Fat32 partition mounted under FBSD] > > Now I looked at ports and was about to install Samba, when I seen > smbfs..... > > What exactly is smbfs? If I install that, will the win95 box be able to > 'map network drive' to my FBSD box? > > All I need is file sharing -- I dont' need print sharing / I don't need the > NT domain login thing etc.etc. -- Just plain simple realtime [mount / map > network drive] file sharing. > > If not smfs, anything besides Samba --What does everyone recommend. > smbfs is the exact opposite of samba: samba allows you to publish files from your unix box so Windoze can see it. smbfs can mount files from Winblows File Sharing on remote windoze boxes. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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