libsmbclient: Browsing and a URI spec?

[Welsh, Armand]

I think, yes...

in smb.conf I have:
[global]
workgroup = WELSHHOME
netbios name = HOMER
security = domain

Querying to workgroup, I see that I am listed in the workgroup welshhome
$ nmblookup welshhome -T
querying welshhome on 192.168.2.255
nelson, 192.168.2.102 welshhome<00>
bart, 192.168.2.100 welshhome<00>
homer, 192.168.2.1 welshhome<00>

yet, I can alter where I authenticate, which is what I think is being asked
for...

at the linux prompt:
$ smbclient //nelson/public
smb: \> quit

also at the linux prompt:
$ smbclient //nelson/c$ -U administrator -W nelson
added interface ip=192.168.2.1 bcast=192.168.2.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
added interface ip=127.0.0.1 bcast=127.255.255.255 nmask=255.0.0.0
Password: 
Domain=[WELSHHOME] OS=[Windows 5.0] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
smb: \> quit

So in both cases, I can authenticate specify where to authenticate, the
workgroup is just the default authenticator.  But I can still authenticate
where I want, the way I want, just as in NT.

So the question is, I think, should samba support participating in workgoup
lookps for multiple workgroups, and be able to be registerd in an
authentication domain that is seperate from it's workgroups?

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Steve Langasek [mailto:vorlon at netexpress.net]
-> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:29 AM
-> To: Welsh, Armand
-> Cc: Samba Technical
-> Subject: RE: libsmbclient: Browsing and a URI spec?
-> 
-> 
-> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Welsh, Armand wrote:
-> 
-> > authenticating against a server, instead of the domain, 
-> even though you
-> > logged into the domain, you only need to specify the 
-> server name, as the
-> > workgroup/domain.  I have done this on my linux box, with 
-> smbclient, to log
-> > into my NT Workstation as the local administrator.  While 
-> I was logged in
-> > the Workstation as my domain user account on another share.
-> 
-> However, you as a *client* cannot ask the server to 
-> authenticate you against
-> another server.  You can specify domain credentials, and the 
-> server will
-> figure out on its own what authentication server to use.  
-> This is really the
-> only secure way to do it.
-> 
-> Steve Langasek
-> postmodern programmer
->