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SAMBA can be nasty... beware
SAMBA is a bit dangerous to install if you aren't familiar with it... not to your own computer, but to the Windows network. I'm not sure if all the bugs have been fixed or not, but it's really easy for a Unix machine running SAMBA to become a local controller computer and "take over" the Windows network. This tends to lead to mass chaos for IT departments who are wondering what's going on with their network. At my company the IT guys freak out when someone installs SAMBA because they've experienced first-hand the damage it can cause (it took a long time to fix the Windows network...).
SAMBA can be nasty... beware
Hi,
SAMBA can be nasty... beware
Is there a way to guard against the nastiness?? I don't want to create trouble for my IT gang, but I do need to share files between my ibook and my pc. And because our network is novell netware without Apple support . . . I believe this is my only (free) option.
File sharing without installing SAMBA
If you just want to get files off your iBook and onto your PC you don't need to install SAMBA.
File sharing without installing SAMBA
This standard set of instructions has never worked for me.
Nothing I do allows me to see shared drives or folders on my Win 2K box from this Powerbook which is running Samba. I can see all my OS X shares from the Win 2K box, but smb://PeeCeeName[or IP address]/SharedFolderOrDiskName emphatically does not work. I always get a "server returned error 1" message. Do these instructions assume that the Windows box is running Windows Server? Any other assumptions besides having "File Sharing for Microsoft Network" on? Thanks.
File sharing without installing SAMBA
Well, to answer my own post, it appears that there are
Windows Networking is not easy...beware
SAMBA is not nasty. People who don't know how to install SAMBA and then blame SAMBA are nasty. ;) |
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