Re: No SMB/Samba support on Windows Home Editions


--- Andrea Venturoli <ml@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
L Goodwin wrote:
I just had a long talk with the ISP's tech
support, and was told a number of things that I
would like to confirm or deny:

I don't think you are that clear, but I'll try and
answer anyway...

1) Windows "Home" editions (including XP and
Vista)
have support for SMB protocol disabled in Active
Directory Domain Connections functionality!
Is this true?

Depends on what you mean.
You can access Samba share from Win XP Home, but you
cannot join a domain.
I guess Vista Home should work the same, but I don't
really know: there
might still compatibility issues in Samba, but we
are a bit OT here; you
should ask on a Samba list.

Good suggestion, I'll do that once I resolve the issue
with DHCP client on FreeBSD vs. DHCP server on the
router (they can't agree on the hostname). I guess I
should just edit /etc/rc.conf and change hostname to
whatever I want, then do the same in the router. I'd
like to know why this happened, though...

2) The only way to make Samba work for Windows
Home
editions is to change the Samba server's domain
configuration to "peer-to-peer".
Is this true? If YES, how do I do that?
Could not find reference it in the Official
Samba-3
HOW TO and Reference Guide.

AFAIK there is no such switch in Samba.
A Samba server can be a PDC, a BDC, a domain member
or a stand-alone server, but the concept of
peer-to-peer is quite out of scope.
Besides I've succesfully connectectd many WinXP Home
to a PDC/BDC, so I guess that setting is irrelevant.

I just found the chapter on Domain Control. I'll read
it and see how far that gets me.

3) Other options discussed:

1) Replace Vista Home with Windows XP Pro (or
Vista
Pro) or exchange computer for one with a "Pro"
edition.

Quite expensive. Might be worth or might be not.
Either way it's not the solution for you; I fear
your problems lies
somewhere else and you would still get them, unless
what you are trying
to achieve is a central account/password management.
If that is in fact the case, this is *the only*
solution.

What I want is for the users not to have to do
anything special to get to their files on the server,
while at the same time, having a reasonable level of
security.
Don't know enough about Samba configuration options to
know what I am aiming for yet.

2) Repartition the RAID 1 Mirror/Duplex as NTFS
(or
DOS) partitions (and don't use Samba)?

What has this to do with the rest?

The idea was if Samba won't work for Windows "Home"
editions, use a file system that does not require it.

3) Change FreeBSD server to a Windows server
(ugh).

I dub your (ugh).
Besides this is not gonna help, if what you want is
a domain. Win Home
will still be unable to join it; it's just crippled
like that.

Good, I'm glad for that. :-)


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