> The easiest way to do this is to map your internal machines to the Samba
> server. Then configure the external machines to map these new samba
> shares.
>
>I suppose you mean using smbmount to mount the machines and then make samba
>export the mounted filesystem. That's what I did, but it is a static
>approach, I'd like something more dynamic.
Agreed.
> Beyond that, you have to do port forwarding and it gets messy
> for anything more than one internal machine.
>
>There is a single internal machine (with private IP address), and many
>external ones, which may be up and running or not.
Well.. the first thing I would do is configure WINS on the Samba server
to get browing working. If that works, things might work ok via Samba.
If not, you'll need to port forward ports 137-139 to the internal
MASQ machine.
--David
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