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  • From: James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Win98 <-> BasicLinux connection?
  • Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:46:51 -0500 (CDT)

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> > I know somebody mentioned Samba,
>
> If the Linux computer runs a samba server, then it can
> be used on the Windows Network Neighborhood (or whatever
> it is called). A samba package can be installed from
> Slackware 7.1 (it is in the /slakware/n8 directory).
>
That's interesting. I've been trying to puzzle out better what samba is
and does lately. I never thought of it as a server before, but that
really seems to be the right analogue. Kind of like an nfs server aimed
specifically at Win machines.

Thanks, James




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