Re: [SLUG] Sarasota Meeting Canceled

From: Matt Miller (Matt.Miller@mptotalcare.com)
Date: Wed Aug 20 2003 - 15:01:56 EDT


On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 14:38, Matt Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 19:52, Eric Jahn wrote:
> > Hey, since we've got a month to plan, could we generate some ideas on
> > presentations? I am thinking about doing one on logging in and
> > connecting to a Windows file servers from a linux box. I haven't
> > attempted it yet, so if anyone knows exactly the steps involved, they
> > could share with me some pointers.
>
>
> A combination of winbind with samba and pam will do the trick. Check out
> the samba source and docs for more info.
> http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/
> http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#WINBIND
>
> One question though, why would anyone on a Linux box want to connect to
> Windows server? ;-)

Errr, you said "file server". Once again, I didn't read the post close
enough.
Using smbclient, konqueror's built-in smb:// function, or another Linux
smb browser would be a lot easier. :-)

-- 

Matt Miller Systems Administrator MP TotalCare gpg public key id: 08BC7B06

-- Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Nietzsche


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