Which Samba & How with Win2k

Greg J. Zartman greg at kwikfind.com
Fri Mar 23 20:43:27 GMT 2001


Bruce,

Sure.

Here is my smb.conf file in it's entirety.  I don't think there's anything
in these things that are significant security risks, especially when one is
behind a firewall.

Greg


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Ferrell" <bferrell at microdisplay.com>
To: "Greg J. Zartman" <greg at kwikfind.com>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Which Samba & How with Win2k


> Hi Greg,
>
> I'm attempting this right now and getting nowhere fast.  COult I get a
look at
> a sanitized copy of your smb.conf?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce Ferrell
>
> "Greg J. Zartman" wrote:
>
> > I am currently using Samba 2.2 alpha3 in a low volume production
environment
> > and it works wonderfully.  Much better, in fact, that the Win2k server
that
> > it replaced.  If you are into all of the admin bells and whistles, you
may
> > be a little disappointed, but the performance is great.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Greg J. Zartman
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Simo Sorce" <simo.sorce at polimi.it>
> > To: "Ken Cole" <ken at satsof.com.au>
> > Cc: <samba-ntdom at samba.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 4:40 AM
> > Subject: Re: Which Samba & How with Win2k
> >
> > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Ken Cole wrote:
> > >
> > > > Simo,
> > > >
> > > > Simo Sorce wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Ken Cole wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi all.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am a newbie on the list and a newbie to Samba but have a
> > > > > > fair bit (16 years) Unix and Linux (3 years) experience.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a site with a Win2k PDC and a Redhat Linux 6.2 server
> > > > > > with Samba 2.0.6.  I need the Linux server to be a BDC for
> > > > > > the domain.  Can this be done?
> > > > >
> > > > > No, It can't be done at this point.
> > > > > Samba 2.2 can be a PDC also for win2k and samba 2.0.7 (not 2.0.6)
is
> > able
> > > > > to share files to win2k.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is 2.2 stable for a production server?
> > > The branch is still marked as alpha software, but someone just use it
in
> > > production. You may give it a try.
> > >
> > > > What do you mean by 2.0.7 can share to win2k?
> > > Samba versions previous than 2.0.7 may have problems serving files to
w2k.
> > >
> > > > Can I smbmount win2k shares to 2.06, 2.0.7 or 2.2 Samba?
> > > >
> > > > > > If so with which version and what are the primary smb.conf
> > > > > > variables I need to set?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have tried a number of settings but none even allow for
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > linux server to be "seen" when doing a Find-Computer on a
> > > > > > Win98
> > > > > > workstation.
> > > > >
> > > > > To have the best resoults, use a wins server and make all machines
> > > > > register with it.
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean make the Samba server a wins server or wins
> > > > client?
> > >
> > > If you have a wins server make the samba server register himself
> > > see wins directives in smb.conf(5)
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Ken
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Simo Sorce - Linux Systems Consultant
> > > E-mail: simo.sorce at polimi.it
> > > Tel: +39 0348 7149179 - Fax: +39 02 700442399
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Be happy, use Linux!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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