Re: FreeBSD and Samba

From: Skylar Thompson (skylar_at_os2.dhs.org)
Date: 01/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 14:23:52 -0600

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:53:01 -0600, Tomas Stomberg <tomas@localho.st> wrote:
> I would like to share files on my server with the rest of my (project)group
> at school. The server is running FreeBSD 5.2 with Samba 2.2.8a with IP
> "192.168.1.1" and subnet "255.255.255.128".
> However the computers I want to access my shares from are on another subnet
> with IP "192.168.5.*" and "255.255.255.0". Is this possible? If so, how?
>
> The only directory i want to share is /usr/data/ftp, no homes or anything
> else, so an example of a conf that allows this would be nice.
>
> I'm only allowing IP traffic from the ranges within the campus.

You're going to want a WINS server that receives requests from both
subnets. You're also, of course, going to need routers that bridge both
subnets. Other than that, you just set a "hosts allow" statement that
covers both subnets and you're good to go. 

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-- Skylar Thompson (skylar@cs.earlham.edu)
-- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/

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