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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!bofh.dot!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Samba/Win95 Message-ID: <nqmXc3c@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, +1 408 249 9630, log in as guest. References: <22a56156.aef8a@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 15:00:38 UTC Lines: 74 In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc you write: >Hi John, on May 30 you wrote: >> Has anyone successfully setup a network using Samba under FreeBSD for a >> series of Win95 machines? What I am looking for is the smb.conf example >> and the typical configuration of the Win95 machine... Need a reply soon. >I have yet to do the Samba-FreeBSD-Win95 set up, but I am experimenting with >Samba on Sun Sparc-5 (Solaris 2.4). First of all, there should be a rather >long example configuration file with Samba (at least there was with 1.9.15p8). >I don't have a Wintel box, but did test a Win95 and Win-3.1.1 box once I got >the Samba server running. The Win-3.1.1 couldn't access my Samba server >whereas the Win95 box could. I believe that there is a difference in protocols >and/or drivers in Win-3.1.1 that prevents it from working. I have done both win95 and win3.11 with no trouble at all. For win 3.11 you need to go to Microsoft's ftp site and pick up their TCP/IP stuff. For win95 you just need to load up the TCP/IP protocol and the client for microsoft networks. Very straightforward. Here's the smb.conf file I use on my FreeBSD machine. It is used primarily just to export the CDROM for my laptop. The SunOS machine exports my home directory and the printer. [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP share modes = yes browseable = yes [cdrom] path = /cdrom public = yes read only = yes Here's the one on the SunOS machine: [global] printing = bsd printcap name = /etc/printcap print command = /usr/ucb/lpr -r -P%p %s lpq command = /usr/ucb/lpq -P%p lprm command = /usr/ucb/lprm -P%p %j mangled names = yes load printers = yes workgroup = WORKGROUP share modes = yes browseable = yes [homes] guest ok = no read only = no browseable = no [printers] comment = All Printers valid users = @staff browseable = no printable = yes public = no writable = no create mode = 0700 path = /tmp Note that the cdrom export is insecure, but my firewall blocks the netbios ports from the outside, and I don't worry much about people inside peeking at my CDROM drive. -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | "There's a manual?" N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | "Reading sucks!" +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | -- Beavis & Butt-head URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ | (typical computer users)