SMB Pop-up

[Stanley Hopcroft]

Dear Gentlemen,

On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 07:33:39PM +0100, Masopust Christian wrote:
> 
> hi dave,
> 
> i did it all like steve described and it works fine!
> i first tried it with old smbclient and hostname because i couldn't
> reach webpage of samba-tng.
> after talking to steve, he sent me the actual samba-tng and smbclient
> works fine at my site...
> 
> but.... tng isn't really neccessary, as i found out also the old
> smbclient (2.2.7a) is sending messages to usernames!! you simply have
> to replace the hostname with the username!

I think smbclient has always had this capability; that is what NetBIOS
names and winpopup is all about. 

If you don't have a broadcast network - ie all NetBIOS names are
resolved by broadcast (shame) - you need a functioning WINS to accept
the username 'name registrations' from the clients and return the IP
Address to smbclient.

> 
> regards,
> chris 
> 

<Off Topic>

my understanding of the TNG branch of Samba is that it is a code fork
designed to provide viable domaain controllers.

AFAIK, the client tools in TNG - except the rpcclient - do not receive
much of any emphasis. 

I think you will find, as the TNG developers say, that smbclient in HEAD
(ie the release Samba branch [2.2.x]) is the most stable and accurate
way of interacting with an SMB file server.

OTOH, if you want to replace NT/2K domain controllers and save on CALs
and OS licenses, and you are _not_ afraid of code and work, TNG is a
proven alternative.

</Off topic>

Yours sincerely.

-- 
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Stanley Hopcroft
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'...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the
continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a
manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes
me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know
for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...'

from Meditation 17, J Donne.


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