SMB protocol help

[Rafal Szczesniak]

On 6 Nov 2001 Derrell.Lipman at UnwiredUniverse.com wrote:

> Hi.  I'm a seasoned protocols engineer, but new to SMB and Samba.  Two
> questions:
>
> 1. Where can I find SMB protocol specs?  (This must be a FAQ; I've
>    searched for a FAQ list but can not locate one.)

I did not see a FAQ, but there are protocols specs in
ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/specs

>
> 2. If a Win95 machine can see a Win2000 machine in Network
>    Neighborhood, and the Win2000 machine can see the Win95 machine in
>    My Network Places, and the Linux Samba machine can use smbclient to
>    directly access either of those, why wouldn't the Samba machine be
>    able to see either the Win95 machine or the Win2000 machine using
>    smbtree?

Huh ? I'm afraid I didn't catch this. More details ?

> Thanks!
>
> Derrell
>
>

cheers,
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|Rafal 'Mimir' Szczesniak <mimir at spin.ict.pwr.wroc.pl>   |
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