Solaris CIFS server does not print sharing yet (only file sharing for now) so yes you'll need Samba for that.
Afshin Bill Shannon wrote: > Jordan Brown wrote: >> Without knowing the implementation details, can we agree that the >> requirement on the Solaris CIFS server is that it be configurable to >> support whatever it is that an XP Home system does when you say >> "\\servername" to its Explorer, in a way that is from the client user >> point of view identical to the way it works with Windows? >> >> I don't know what it's doing (but I can get network captures if >> desired), but if I put a brand-new-from-BestBuy computer on my network >> and set its workgroup name to HOME, I can say "\\dog\Jordan" and be >> browsing my directory on my desktop, read-write. (And similarly for >> access via "My Network Places".) I'm not sure it's actually necessary >> to set the workgroup name. >> >> Solaris CIFS server should be configurable to do that, so that I could >> replacing my existing XP Home "dog" with a Solaris system and have the >> change be completely transparent to the client systems. >> >> Right? >> > > That's certainly what I want. > > And similarly, I want to be able to replace a Unix system running Samba > with an OpenSolaris system using cifs, including allowing guest access. > > (BTW, am I still going to need Samba for printers, or will CUPS handle > that natively?) > > _______________________________________________ > cifs-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/cifs-discuss _______________________________________________ cifs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/cifs-discuss
