From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 26 02:26:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB8AD16A4CE for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:26:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from av3-1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (av3-1-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.109]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9F9243D1F for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:26:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from homebell@telia.com) Received: by av3-1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id DC98D37F38; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:26:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp3-1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.163]) by av3-1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC98437F37 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:26:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from BELLDELL (h251n2fls31o930.telia.com [217.210.244.251]) by smtp3-1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 9394937E5E; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:26:20 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <00da01c3fc52$f9f4e580$0300a8c0@BELLDELL> From: "Kjell B." To: References: <20040225200124.9E40016A4D7@hub.freebsd.org> <403D67EF.1040100@pastrytech.com> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:26:20 +0100 Organization: Not particularly organized MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 cc: bsdrockford@pastrytech.com Subject: Re: My experience X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:26:22 -0000 R wrote: > Hello, -snip- > My biggest installation problems: setting up a domain and IP for the > machine, and configuring Samba so that my laptop could talk to the > server. I think networking information should be explained more > completely online and in the books I mentioned above. I did a lot of > trial and error, which proved fatal with Samba, because as it turns > out Windows XP Home is intentionally crippled when it comes to > networking > and using Samba is difficult (if not impossible - I still don't > understand, and I wasted a week screwing around trying to get it to > work). Finally I gave up and just use FTP to move files back and > forth. Works fine and at least I understand it, unlike Windows > "shares." -snip- As this is not FreeBSD related, but rather a Samba/Win XP Home issue, I feel I dare to give a somewhat technical answer. If you run XP Home, you can always set up Samba as a workgroup server and file sharing works just fine. I believe it also works if Samba is setup as a domain server but you won't get domain support. As always, read the documentation, in this case the Samba documentation. I've set up Samba as a workgroup server and it went like a breeze once I've read the Samba documentation. I've had a lot more problems getting domain support to work with XP Professional, but managed that too in the end. -- Kjell