on Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 08:45:28AM -0700, Mike Egglestone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all.. > > I should probably contact the Samba list but I thought I would ask the > debianers first. > > I would like to be able to get access to my samba share from any where > in the world. From some readings, it looks like I have to add "wins > support = yes" to my smb.conf, and then setup my win98 box so that it > looks at the wins server, (config setting in network properties) > > Well, this seems too easy to me. Is this really all I have to do? > What about host files?, anything else I have to do? I really know > nothing about wins server stuff. > > Running Potato and samba 2.0.8 > > Is there some good tech tips I can use to test my server and workstation?
I'm not a Samba expert, but I *really* don't think you want to do that. My understanding is that Samba's not designed with Internet security issues in mind. See instead ssh and vnc. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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