[KLUG Members] SMB & WinXP Home

[Brandon Rasler]

>Justin Buist wrote:
>"both.  The work group of the Samba server and the workgroup
>of the XP machine must match."


Also the Samba Machine is not a Domain Controler.

Here are some tips:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/addxp.htm


Brandon Rasler
Technology Associate
Menno Travel Service
tel. 574-534-1521
fax. 574-535-2158

-----Original Message-----
From: members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org
[mailto:members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org]On Behalf Of Buist Justin
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 2:25 PM
To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
Subject: RE: [KLUG Members] SMB & WinXP Home


both.  The work group of the Samba server and the workgroup of the XP
machine must match.

Justin Buist


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bill [mailto:bill@billtron.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:20 PM
> To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] SMB & WinXP Home
>
>
>
>
> Brandon Rasler wrote:
>
> > Yes this is a very crippled OS.  Win XP Home will not join
> a windows domain,
> > for that "feature" you must upgrade to XP Pro.  I was able
> to connect to a
> > samba share if it was in the same workgroup but not part of
> the domain.
>
> Connecting to a samba share is what we intend to do.  Could
> you elucidate a
> bit?  What is "it" in the sentence above, the samba share or
> the WinXP Home box?
>
> thanks,
>
> bill
>
> > Brandon Rasler
> > Technology Associate
> > Menno Travel Service
> > tel. 574-534-1521
> > fax. 574-535-2158
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org
> > [mailto:members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org]On Behalf Of bill
> > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:57 PM
> > To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
> > Subject: [KLUG Members] SMB & WinXP Home
> >
> > I've heard bad reports about the network capabilities of
> WinXP for Home.
> >
> > Has anyone tried networking with this OS to enable file
> sharing from a Linux
> > box?
> >
> > kind regards,
> >
> > bill hollett
> >
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