Subj : Re: NFS vs. Samba
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Sat Dec 18 2004 05:49 pm

Gerald Meazell enlightened us with:
> Samba cannot work over a VPN without a WINS server on the network.
> I do not have a WINS server and cannot find adequate instructions on
> turning a machine into one (either Win XP Pro or Linux).

In your smb.conf put:

	wins support = yes

> Could someone please point me to simple instructions on creating a
> WINS server or suggest some alternatives to Samba?   I got ZERO help
> in the linux.samba group and limited help in
> comp.os.linux.networking.  I'm hoping to get a solution here.

That's probably because you're asking questions that are answered in
about every piece of documentation about Samba's configuration file.

Sybren
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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