Re-2: [Samba] XP Home and samba

[Ryan Novosielski]

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More to the point, though, I'm not sure he ever mentioned needing to
join the domain, just being able to see the resources. Perhaps this is a
WINS thing? Maybe he should read the BROWSING document.

damiend at mckennagroup.co.uk wrote:
> xp home can join the domain just needs a bit of hacking
> 
> read 
> 
> http://www.ntcompatible.com/story8718.html
> 
> regards
> 
> 
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Samba] XP Home and samba (18-Jan-2008 7:50)
> From:    fg at one2team.com
> To:      damiend at mckennagroup.co.uk
> 
>> Le vendredi 18 janvier 2008, Yan Seiner a écrit :
>>> I built a small embedded samba server  based on Samba 3.0.26b.  I tested 
>>> it locally with XP Pro running in a vmware VM.
>>>
>>> All worked fine, so I shipped it.
>>>
>>> Turns out the person using it is running XP Home.  Here's her note:
>>>
>>> I have restarted the computer and waited ten minutes and still nothing.  
>>> All that comes up is the mshome under the Microsoft Windows Network.
>>>
>>> So it looks like all she's seeing in her network is her own mshome 
>>> workstation and not my samba server.
>>>
>>> Is there something particular about XP Home that I / she has to do to 
>>> get it to recognize another workgroup?
>>>
>>> Should I just talk her through changing her workgroup to mySambaWG?
>>>
>>> I've never had to deal with XP Home....
>>>
>> AFAIK, XP Home just cannot connect to an SMB domain...
>>
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