Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:08:29 +0200 From: "Langa Kentane" <evablunted@earthling.net> To: "Morten Seeberg" <morten@seeberg.dk> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: samba/FreeBSD Message-ID: <000f01be8cc9$99297a20$0a00a8c0@cyberzone1.cyberzone.co.za> In-Reply-To: <000701be8c33$1a436e00$16b4010a@msb.int.danadata.dk>
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Samba can be configured as a wins server! > >NBP was not engineered to run over the wide Internet. Samba supports > >NetBIOS over TCP, so it can be done, but: > > > Basicly it should be possibly just by using Sambas LMHOST file, which is > the same used in the Wonderfull (cough cough) world of Microsoft :) > > I´ve never done this with SAMBA, but I have done it with WinNT. > > The LMHOSTS file is an advanced HOSTS file, which lets you define > on what IP address you Domain server resides > eks from NT (must be the same on Samba): > > 195.xxx.xxx.10 samba #DOM:domain_name > > Be sure to check this with the man pages or help pages for samba. > > >2) You must have a WINS server running so the remote system can > translate > >the NetBIOS name to a IP name. I don't know of any WINS servers > for UNIX, > >not to say they don't exist. > > > The SAMBA suite also contains a WINS server. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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