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From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD as file server for a DOS machine?
Date: 19 Dec 1996 18:56:59 GMT
Organization: Access Nevada Inc.
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Udo Erdelhoff (ue@nathan.ruhr.de) wrote:

: I've "inhereted" a DOS machine that hosts an important application. The
: machine used to be part of a novell network and is still equipped with
: an ethernet card. It has all the important data on the local discs,
: the server was used for backup purposes only.

: I want to replace the novell server by my FreeBSD system. I know that
: samba emulates a LanManager server. Is there something like samba for
: Novell?

Yes.  Read the samba FAQ and website.  You can run samba as an NLM.
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