Samba and XP

[Danny Smith]

John H Terpstra wrote:

>On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
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>>John H Terpstra wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Mike Grube wrote:
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>>>>Ok, I just wanna make sure, samba works with Windows XP right? I have
>>>>two computers on my network with windows XP and I was about to install
>>>>samba, but if it doesn't work I'm gonna freak out. Mike Grube
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>>>What specifically do you mean by "works"?
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>>>If have a samba controlled domain. My XP machines are members of the
>>>domain. I am NOT aware of any problems. All applications work just fine
>>>whether they use local resources or domain resources.
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>>>Then again, your mileage may vary. It all depends on what you mean by
>>>"works"! My crystal ball is in need of some maintenance - it does not
>>>give me a clear indication of what your needs are.
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>>Also, he doesn't specify which version of Samba or what type of
>>configuration he's got going.
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>>My experience (which is not as first-hand as it should be) is that XP is
>>very unsure of itself in the CIFS and MS-RPC arena.  It does wierd things
>>like forgetting to register the workgroup<00> name.  Urg.  No mailslots
>>there.
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>Slap! Slap! Chris, you did not mention which of the XP products your are
>referring to. XP Home is an entirely different product from XP
>Professional. So 'fess up Chris, which is it? ;)
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>PS: I was guilty of that too I note. Double slap to me! Oh, I like that!
>:)
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>- John T.
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Mike,
Maybe this isn't the best place to ask. Suggest checking the archives?  
As far as I can see there's a few issues which are not irresolveable 
when using XP with samba, but generally "XP Home"'s not a good bet (for 
other reasons mostly).
I'm using XP (Home to my shame) with a 2.2.x server and all is well.
As the docs say "your mileage may vary".
More generally "yes it works". If it doesn't, we all want to know about it.

HTH
Danny

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Danny Smith
Senior Systems Administrator, Cinesite (Europe) Ltd
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