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Xref: sserve comp.protocols.ibm:3427 comp.unix.bsd:12971 comp.os.386bsd.development:1501 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:20768 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!u.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: [NETBIOS] Anyone with NetBIOS Unix code? Or SMB? Date: 21 Nov 1993 09:20:02 GMT Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT Lines: 30 Message-ID: <2cnbs2$rl4@u.cc.utah.edu> References: <2cfevm$qkf@pcproj.datastream.co.uk> <2cj3ag$7cv@news.gatech.edu> <2cjvre$s5@orion.cc.andrews.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.weber.edu In article <2cjvre$s5@orion.cc.andrews.edu> gillham@andrews.edu (Andrew Gillham) writes: >>Since Mr. Gillham specifically asked for a *free* NetBIOS and/or SMB >>implementation I didn't reply. > >Yep, Mr. Gillham (me!!) specifically *DOESN'T* like NetBIOS, so the >only way he'll run it on his NetBSD (free!) is if it's free.. Data General has an implementation, but I am not sure of its status, and it is currently going through life as a streams module. Also, it is just the interface, and is lacking a server implementation -- not a real problem for it, since it is generally distributed as part of NetWare for UNIX. [ ... ] >Some helpful fellow from Belgium was able to point me to a program >in Australia that emulates pathworks enough to work with my stuff. >I'm pleased! >Now diehards would ask why I use Windows if I have NetBSD.. Please repost details -- other people (like me!) will probably want to lokk at it, at least, and some people (like Jordan? 8-)) may want to make it an installable package. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.