From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 2 14: 5:28 2003 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 9111A37B406 for ; Sun, 2 Feb 2003 14:05:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01.attbi.com [204.127.202.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F293F43F93 for ; Sun, 2 Feb 2003 14:05:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mav@wastegate.net) Received: from wastegate.net (12-226-185-104.client.attbi.com[12.226.185.104]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01) with ESMTP id <200302022205230010086kd0e>; Sun, 2 Feb 2003 22:05:23 +0000 Received: from MOTHER (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.5]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E26248463; Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:07:22 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , "John Wilson" Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 17:07:08 -0500 X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2657) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600) In-Reply-To: <010301c2c96c$f0eeada0$6401a8c0@john5tcrjerpxc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Samba and XP? Message-Id: <20030202220722.6E26248463@wastegate.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:08:44 -0500, John Wilson wrote: >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. I have SAMBA 2.2.6 and Windows XP working great. I have Samba setup as a PDC. the worst you have to do is run the SignOrSeal.reg fix from microsoft to login. you have to do that with NT 5.0 as well. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message