Re: LINUX networking

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi all.
>     I'm curious about a specific application of a LINUX server. Is it
> possible to make a directory on such a box appear to a PC as a
> physical drive (i.e. like drive mapping in the NetWare world)? If
> someone has heard of this, or can point me to a document/web site/etc.
> that references such a manuver, I would be most appreciative. TIA!
> :Rich Lohman

The package called "SAMBA" can make a Linux server look like an NT server,
and you can connect-net-drive from a Windoze PC.  Samba comes standard with
Redhat and a number of other distributions.  The Samba home page is at:
http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/

For WinNT & Win98 clients, there is a registry modification that needs
to be made so they can connect to Samba.  For Win98, look in the /windows
directory for the filename "network.txt", and it tells how to make the mod.
The same information is also in the Samba documentation.  Nothing needs
to be changed in Win95 and WFW AFAIK.

IMHO, Samba is great stuff.  I use it at work for all our PC's, and I use
it at home to share printers and directorys with my wife's Win95 box.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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