Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:20:50 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Eric Boucher <eric_boucher60@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SAMBA: browseability with FreeBSD and win2k Pro. Message-ID: <3B03DE42.8010706@i-clue.de> References: <20010517134935.33926.qmail@web9404.mail.yahoo.com>
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Eric Boucher wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a small network with one FreeBSD server and > one Win2k Pro client. I wanted to know if it is > possible to be able to browse via the network > neigborhood to see my unix server. Because I can't get > it to work. Do I need Win2k server edition? If I do: > c:> net view /domain:my_domain_name, Should read: net view //workgroup/servername > I didn't see my > server in there, nor do I when I go thru the network > neigborhood in windows. Since you've got no W2k server in your network, you cannot see wondoze domains. Its a "workgroup". > I can only access it when I do > a "find computer". It found it in my_domain_name (that > is, the right domain). Does somebody did it with win2k > Pro? See above. Samba 2.0.x provides windoze workgroups, not domains. For win2k Domains, a Win2k server is needed as domain controller. > Here is some of my configuration: > -Try both security = domain (or user) > -wins support = yes > -domain master = no > -workgroup = my_domain_name > -netbios name = my_unix_server_name > -Try both os level = 0 (or 65) > local master = no (or yes) > preferred server = no (or yes) > domain logons = no (or yes) > -encrypted password = yes > > Note: this two commands work correctly. > c:>net view \\server_name > and > c:>net use * \\server_name\homes HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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