Linux V.S. Windows NT V.S. Windows 95

Linux V.S. Windows NT V.S. Windows 95

Post by georg » Tue, 04 May 1999 04:00:00



I was wondering if there is a how to or if anyones know how to configure a
linux box to see an NT box or an Windows 95 box? I want to run a file server
and don't know how to map drives from linux to windows 95.
 
 
 

Linux V.S. Windows NT V.S. Windows 95

Post by Darren Gre » Tue, 04 May 1999 04:00:00


Start reading up on samba.
samba.gorski.net is a mirror of the documentation I believe.

Darren

-->I was wondering if there is a how to or if anyones know how to configure a
-->linux box to see an NT box or an Windows 95 box? I want to run a file server
-->and don't know how to map drives from linux to windows 95.
-->
-->

 
 
 

Linux V.S. Windows NT V.S. Windows 95

Post by Lew Pitche » Tue, 04 May 1999 04:00:00



> I was wondering if there is a how to or if anyones know how to configure a
> linux box to see an NT box or an Windows 95 box? I want to run a file server
> and don't know how to map drives from linux to windows 95.

To make Linux directories and printers available to WinNT/Win95, install
Samba
(http://www.samba.org/) on your Linux box. Samba implements the SMB
protocol
used by "Microsoft Networks", LanManager, and LanServer.

To make Win95/NT directories and printers available to your Linux
system, install
the kernel SMBFS support, and the smbfs package. This will permit Linux
to mount
"Microsoft Networks" shares as remote file systems. The smbclient
program (maybe
packaged with smbfs and/or Samba) will permit your Linux system to print
to Win95/NT
printers and send WinNT/95 broadcast messages (again via "Microsoft
Networks").

--
Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training