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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!shellx.best.com!not-for-mail From: rcarter@best.com (Russell Carter) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and WinNT Server Date: 14 Oct 1996 08:46:56 -0700 Organization: BEST Internet Communications Lines: 28 Message-ID: <53tn9g$q8@shellx.best.com> References: <325CD8B1.2FE9@hk.super.net> <01bbb7f4$fd23b6a0$23861cce@atlanta.cybercom.net> <53r1br$a7@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com In article <53r1br$a7@anorak.coverform.lan>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <01bbb7f4$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.... Not quite accurate, you can smbclient from the FreeBSD side to the NT side, and I use a hacked up version of the smbtar script to backup the NT boxes to my FreeBSD tape. Kludgy, but it works. Russell