Ishaaq K Chandy wrote:
> > Samba makes the machine a server. It won't affect any other servers on
> > the network.
> >
> > > However in this case the
> > > machine is a client on a network which has an NT server. So is it
> > > still possible to share my linux directories on the network using
> > > Samba?
> >
> > A server shares directories, a client accesses directories which are
> > shared from a server.
> >
> > If you want to share your Linux directories, you need to use Samba.
>
> Thanks Glynn, but I think you misunderstood. I DO know the difference
> between a server and a client - I AM a newbie but not THAT bad ;-)
>
> On this network presently the Win95 clients can access files from the
> file-server (NT) but can also share their directories with each other
> if permission has been granted, I think it is called peer-to-peer or
> something like that (I might be wrong about the term).
Each Win95 box which has sharing enabled is acting as a server.
Running Samba on the Linux box will provide the same functionality.
> Basically that's what I want the Linux machine to do too. I don't
> want to have to make all the other Win95 clients to logon to Linux as
> a full-scale file server instead of NT as most of the data-files are
> presently located on the NT (more importantly, in THIS network, I am
> not in charge, or I'd dump NT). Basically the other Win95 clients
> should be 'fooled' into recognising it as another Win95 client, Samba
> on the other hand would 'fool' them into recognising it as an NT
> server.
In spite of your previous assertion, you don't actually understand the
distinction. Any system which allows its files to be accessed via the
network is acting as a server. Any system which accesses another
system's files via the network is acting as a client. `Peer to peer'
simply means that each system acts as both a client and a server.
If you wish to access the Linux system's files from other systems, you
*need* to run Samba on it.
This doesn't automatically make it a `primary domain controller',
which is the function which the NT box is performing.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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