I think your biggest obstacle here might very well be name resolution. I haven't worked with Windows 98 in years. However, I noticed that newer Windows OS's had trouble finding Windows 98 hosts. Earlier versions of Windows were more geared toward WINS than DNS. Microsoft was also more interested in promoting its own protocol, NetBUI, instead of TCP/IP. Microsoft gave up on this around the time that Windows 2000 and XP came out.
One particular instance I remember was printing from a Windows XP machine to a printer shared on a Windows 98 machine. We had to use the IP address to set up the printer. Using the host name of the Windows 98 machine would not work. Considering that, I would add an entry in your /etc/hosts file for the Windows 98 PC. If you are using rsync, you might also find this free program useful. It's called Delta Copy: http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp Chris Baker -- cba...@intera.com systems administrator INTERA -- 512-425-2006 >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] >>Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 2:48 PM >>To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows 98 anonymous share help >> >>XP_2600 wrote: >>> lol yeah i still have Windows 98 machines, they are >>connected to a device which is old and no new software for it >>working on XP or newer versions, so we have to stay with >>windows 98 :), but guessing the password going to be >>something really hard mm anonymous, everyone, user blah blah. >>> >> >>Smbclient should connect the same way another windows box >>would connect - but you might have to go into >>/etc/samba/smb.conf and tweak some of the options for old versions. >> >>-- >> Les Mikesell >> lesmikes...@gmail.com >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------- >>---------------- >>Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new >>software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >>proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >>See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >>http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >>_______________________________________________ >>BackupPC-users mailing list >>BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >>Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net >>Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
