Re: [SLUG] Sarasota Meeting Canceled

From: mark@bish.net
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 08:58:09 EDT


Yeah, we can do that. I just need to be watching over shoulders to say
"Don't go there." *grin*

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Eric Jahn wrote:

> okay, now we just need Honeywell's permission to use their file server
> for a demo (if they use Windows). Mark, are you the person who could
> help us with that? Thanks -Eric
>
> On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:01, Matt Miller wrote:
> > 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
>
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