L Goodwin wrote:
I just had a long talk with the ISP's tech support,
and was told a number of things that I would like to
confirm or deny:
I don't think you are that clear, but I'll try and answer anyway...
1) Windows "Home" editions (including XP and Vista)
have support for SMB protocol disabled in Active
Directory Domain Connections functionality!
Is this true?
Depends on what you mean.
You can access Samba share from Win XP Home, but you cannot join a domain.
I guess Vista Home should work the same, but I don't really know: there
might still compatibility issues in Samba, but we are a bit OT here; you
should ask on a Samba list.
2) The only way to make Samba work for Windows Home
editions is to change the Samba server's domain
configuration to "peer-to-peer".
Is this true? If YES, how do I do that?
Could not find reference it in the Official Samba-3
HOW TO and Reference Guide.
AFAIK there is no such switch in Samba.
A Samba server can be a PDC, a BDC, a domain member or a stand-alone
server, but the concept of peer-to-peer is quite out of scope.
Besides I've succesfully connectectd many WinXP Home to a PDC/BDC, so I
guess that setting is irrelevant.
3) Other options discussed:
1) Replace Vista Home with Windows XP Pro (or Vista
Pro) or exchange computer for one with a "Pro"
edition.
Quite expensive. Might be worth or might be not.
Either way it's not the solution for you; I fear your problems lies
somewhere else and you would still get them, unless what you are trying
to achieve is a central account/password management.
If that is in fact the case, this is *the only* solution.
2) Repartition the RAID 1 Mirror/Duplex as NTFS (or
DOS) partitions (and don't use Samba)?
What has this to do with the rest?
3) Change FreeBSD server to a Windows server (ugh).
I dub your (ugh).
Besides this is not gonna help, if what you want is a domain. Win Home
will still be unable to join it; it's just crippled like that.
bye
av.
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