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From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: Configure samba
To: monboso@masternet.it (Amedeo Beck Peccoz)
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 10:16:24 +0100 (MET)
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> 
> Can anyone out there tell me how to configure samba on the freebsd 2.1 and
> how to configure dos (not wfw nor w95, just wc-dog) clients to map a drive
> (e.g. J:) to an exported dir on the unix?
> Actually my smb.conf is this:
> 
> --------
> [Global]
>    config file = /usr/local/samba/smb.conf.%m
>    status = yes
>    security = share
>    server string = Core (%v,%h)
>    load printers = yes
>    log level = 1
>    log file = /var/log/samba.log
> ;   hosts allow = 194.135.250.0/255.255.255.0 localhost 
>    auto services = homes printers tmp server
>    read prediction = yes
>    valid chars = ö:Ö å:Å ä:Ä 
>    share modes = yes
>    locking = yes
>    strict locking = yes
>    keepalive = 30
>    passwd program = /sbin/passwd %u
>    workgroup = WORKGROUP
>    getwd cache = yes
>    printing = 1
> 
> [homes]
> 	comment = This is your home dir
> 	writable = yes
> 	browseable = no
> 
> [printers]
> 	printable = yes
> 	writable = no
> 	path = /tmp
> 	guest ok = yes
> 	print ok = yes 
> 	browseable = no
> 
> [tmp]
> 	comment = Clearing each night
> 	writable = yes
> 	public=true	
> 	path=/tmp
> 	browseable = yes
> 
> [server] 
> 	comment = Our online archive
> 	writable = yes
> 	public=true	
> 	path=/usr/export
> 	browseable = yes
> 
> --------
> 
>  How do I launch the smbd? At present I do it by hand issuing a
> /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -s /usr/local/samba/smb.conf
> 
>  the major problem is the configuration of the clients: I do not know where
> to start from, which packages do I need, how to configure them. Some people
> gave me general guidelines, but as I'm starting from scatch practical
> exapmles are welcome as well! :-)
> 
> Thanks guys!
> 
> Ciao!
> 					//\medeo
> 
> 

And remember that you need a guest or pcguest account on the server side
to allows browsing and other things.

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de