Re: Idiots guide to setting up Samba

From: Bob Booth - UIUC (booth@UIUC.EDU)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 09:08:19 EDT


I would be happy to help. Send me a note offline with what you are trying
to do, and I'll try and get you set up. Between the README, SWAT and a
little 'trial and error' it is pretty simple.

There is also a 'nutshell' book on SAMBA which is pretty good.

bob

On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 09:42:36AM +0100, Arthur Prince wrote:
> All
>
> Thanks for pointing me at Samba for an NFS client. I have downloaded and
> installed it. Anyone got a simple guide to configuring it etc? I've looked at
> the man pages but am still unsure how to proceed
>
> AP
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> >===== Original Message From IBM AIX Discussion List <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
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> >Solution: Run NFS over TCP.
> >___________________________________________
> >Bill Verzal
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> > | Subject: Re: NFS clients
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> >
> >IMHO the best software to share Unix filesystems with Windooze machines is
> >Samba. NFS suffers from non-reliable connections over UDP (no sequencing,
> >no error-connection...). Don't know about Fast Connect but cost-wise it
> >doesn't compete with Samba.
> >
> >HTH,
> >
> >Marlon.
> >
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> >>> tracylists@YAHOO.COM 06/05/03 15:06 >>>
> >I'm probably about the only boob out there that uses
> >Fast Connect. No, it is not free, you must purchase
> >it. It works ok, but we're not using it on a large
> >scale basis.



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