At 12:51 PM 6/8/99 -0400, John Aldrich wrote [abridged]:
>On Tue, 08 Jun 1999, Klaus Drechsler wrote:
>> I want to use my linux server as an "internet server" so I can access the
>> internet from every computer connected to the LAN (actually I have 3
>> computers in my LAN: 2 WIN95 workstations and 1 Linux server).
>>
>Well, you'll probably have to set up SAMBA on your Linux box, after that, I'm
>not sure what to tell you. Can't even tell you how to set up SAMBA, just that
>to connect your Windows boxes, you'll have to have SAMBA set up.
This is incorrect. You do need Samba to get NT-style file and print sharing
services on a LAN. But simply to access standard Internet services (e-mail,
ftp, the Web, telnet, etc.) you do NOT need Samba. See my prior message for
details about what you do need.
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