[plug] re; samba

[Mike Holland]

On Sat, 13 May 2000, Jon L. Miller wrote:

> I'm attempting to install Samba so I can create a share on a Linux box for
> data files from 2 Windows workstations.

Jon,
if you want "files from windows workstations" to be seen on the Linux box,
you just mount the windows share using the 'mount' command and 'smb'
filesystem support in the kernel. No extra package is needed.

>  Looking into the RPM directory on
> the CD I see 3 files for Samba 1) client, 2) common and 3) I assume the
> regular file.  What purposes does #1 & 2 serves?

  To use Linux as an SMB server, install samba-common and samba RPMs.
The client package just duplicates functionality already in the kernel.

cheers,

Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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