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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and WinNT Server
Date: 13 Oct 1996 15:20:27 GMT
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In article <01bbb7f4$fd23b6a0$23861cce@atlanta.cybercom.net>,
	"C. Morton" <ksmm@cybercom.net> writes:
> I think that the Samba package included with FreeBSD 2.1.0 and
> 2.1.5 will allow you to share drives and printers.  Unfortunately,
> I've never used it, so I can't give you further direction.
> Check the online documentation for more details.

At the moment, this is a one-way thing in FreeBSD.  FreeBSD can publish
shares to the Windows network through samba, but you cannot mount remote
shares from FreeBSD.

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
      <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....