--- Andrea Venturoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Good suggestion, I'll do that once I resolve the issue with DHCP client on FreeBSD vs. DHCP server on the router (they can't agree on the hostname). I guess I should just edit /etc/rc.conf and change hostname to whatever I want, then do the same in the router. I'd like to know why this happened, though... > > 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. I just found the chapter on Domain Control. I'll read it and see how far that gets me. > > 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. What I want is for the users not to have to do anything special to get to their files on the server, while at the same time, having a reasonable level of security. Don't know enough about Samba configuration options to know what I am aiming for yet. > > 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? The idea was if Samba won't work for Windows "Home" editions, use a file system that does not require it. > > 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. Good, I'm glad for that. :-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ 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]"
