Re: Which BSD?

From: Paul Schmehl (pschmehl_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 11/25/03

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    Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 05:01:08 GMT
    
    

    On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 04:02:04 +0000, NetNews wrote:

    > I would also like to get rid of all of my Microsoft NT and Microsoft 2000
    > servers on our school's network of 400 computers. Perhaps, you know the
    > answer to this. We are using some programs that requires data to be stored
    > on a server as a mapped network drive. At present the data folder is found
    > on a Windows 2000 server. My question is can I transfer that data to an
    > OpenBSD machine and then map the folder on that OpenBSD box as a mapped
    > network drive on a Windows work station?

    Absolutely. Just run samba, and you can provide mapped drives and folders
    just like a Windows box.

    -- 
    Paul Schmehl
    pschmehl@sbcglobal.net
    http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/
    Never squat with your spurs on.
    

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