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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Which (PC)NFS Client works with BSDI & Win95
Date: 1 May 1996 17:55:41 GMT
Organization: interface business GmbH Dresden
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alex@bkm.technopark.gmd.de (Alexander Kandzior) writes:

>i want to configure our BSDI-Unix Server to work as an NFS Server in
>our Windows95 Network.
>The Users on the Win95 machines should be able to mount directorys
>from the NFS-Server as local disk drives.
>
>Question: 
>Does someone know about a software for Win95 that can do this and will
>work stable?

You will perhaps better get Samba for this.  This is a freeware
package for Unices to provide Microsloth SMB services.  The advantage
is that you don't need _any_ additional software on the clients, they
recognize the Samba server as something similar to e.g. a Winglows NT
server.

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j