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Subject: Re: How to join a Windows NT domain?
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Hi!

> Hi, at the company I work for, it is virtually an all Windows
> environment.  I have been running FreeBSD 5.3 on my desktop and was
> curious as to how to join a domain so I may access other pcs, printers
> etc?  If you could please explain or point me to some good
> documentation for this I would be more than obliged.

Sounds like Samba is there for you. Make sure you get the doc as it can be
a bit tedious. I just hope you don't have too many WinXP machines around:
they tend to be relunctant to talk to anyone but Microsoft counterparts...

Hope it helps
  Olivier