smb:// (workgroups vs. ntdomains)

Kevin Colby kevinc at grainsystems.com
Thu Dec 28 18:39:36 GMT 2000


"Christopher R. Hertel" wrote:
> 
> From what I can tell, folks are using the term "workgroup" to identify the
> browse list space and "domain" to indicate the authentication server.

Only because in this context (the URI discussion), domains are only
relevant in as much as they pertain to authentication, and workgroups
are only relevant in as much as they pertain to browsing.  Yes, both
are more than that, but the "more" is simply not relevant here.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc at grainsystems.com




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