--- "GARRISON, TRAVIS J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Windows Home editions cannot join an Active > Directory domain, but they > can access smb shares. That's good news. Thanks! Now I just need to figure out what to do to make it work.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of L Goodwin > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 3:50 PM > To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: No SMB/Samba support on Windows Home > Editions > > I've been working feverishly to set up a Samba share > on FreeBSD 6.2 server to provide file storage for > clients running Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista > Home > Premium. > > 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: > > 1) Windows "Home" editions (including XP and Vista) > have support for SMB protocol disabled in Active > Directory Domain Connections functionality! > Is this true? > > 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. > > 3) Other options discussed: > > 1) Replace Vista Home with Windows XP Pro (or Vista > Pro) or exchange computer for one with a "Pro" > edition. > > 2) Repartition the RAID 1 Mirror/Duplex as NTFS (or > DOS) partitions (and don't use Samba)? Feedback and > reference on a good "how to" appreciated. > > 3) Change FreeBSD server to a Windows server (ugh). > > Can anyone address these assertions and/or provide > assistance in other ways to use FreeBSD as a > fileserver for Windows "Home" (and Pro) clients? > > He also cited a recent InfoWorld survey in which 30% > of companies responding plan to never implement > Vista, > that they consider it an "interim" version that will > be used as an excuse for dropping legacy support. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
