[Samba] Samba through modem ?!

[Oliver Six]

pinguimsp <pinguimsp at bol.com.br> wrote on 25.02.2002 23:52:29:

>
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Before anything else, I'm sorry about my bad english!
>>> 
>>> I'm using mgetty to provide a kind of RAS to my network... but I'm
>>> unable to provide access to the samba through the modem...
>>> 
>>> This is my enviroment:
>>>      -Slackware 8.0
>>>      -Kernel 2.4.17
>>>      -Samba 2.2.3a
>>>      -Mgetty-1.1.28
>>>      -Iptables v1.2.5
>>> 
>>> What do I need to access my samba network through the modem?
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> -- 
>>>  Marcos Saint'Anna
>>>  pinguimsp at bol.com.br

Hi Marcos,

I think you're experiencing the same problems I had setting up dialin to 
samba via ISDN. You need to enable "wins support" in smb.conf and tell the 
client machine to use this wins server. 

Ciao Oliver
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