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As I remember (I'm not a VINES expert), VINES uses a proprietary
IPX-based file-and-print-sharing protocol.  Samba runs SMB over NetBT
(NetBIOS over TCP/IP).  So, if my info is correct, yes, Samba and
VINES are just incompatible.

Quote:> Does anyone know if it is possible to use a Linux box to log on to  a
> winNT 3.51 network that is running Banyan Vines Street Talk???

        The Linux SAMBA client uses SMB over TCP/IP, Vines uses SMB over
Vines SPP/IP.  Vines IP is significantly different enough from IP (aka
DARPA IP) that no one has bothered to write a client for Linux.  At one
point there was an effort to create a Vines client for Linux, but I think
the effort died a few years ago.  The only possiblity that I've tried is
to get ahold of ENS for <insert unix flavor here> from Banyan or someone
else out there.  I attempted to hack ENS for SCO into a Linux 1.x machine
without success.  As ENS is commericial code from Banyan, I don't think
they will let you change their source code.  The ENS product was fairly
POSIX compliant, and wouldn't be too tough to get to work on Linux 2.x
systems.  However,the whole licensing thing gets in the way.  The reason
Banyan released the product as ENS for <unix flavor> is that everything is
pre-compiled to that you can't get at the source code.  I'd imagine that
some engineer at Banyan was running ENS for Linux on his/her own personal
machine.  Maybe once Banyan goes bankrupt someone will release the source
code.

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