On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Eliezer Figueroa Puello wrote:
> > I want to build a small network using Linux as the fileserver and > windows 95 computers as the clients. What I have in mind is something > similar to what novell network do, but using Linux in the place of the > novell server. I want to be able to map a linux partition in the server > to work as a directory in the windows 95 computers. I tried to do that > using the tcp/ip protocol but then I got realized that windows 95 do not > have a client for UNIX networks using the tcp/ip protocol so, I have > been unable to map. Are you _very_ sure that there exists no nfs client for win95? Anyway, what you want can be done in other ways, novell/ipx being one of them. As I understand you can even have your linux box act as a novell server using the mars suite. I have no experience with it though. I suggest you have a look at the samba suite, which does the SMB protocol - the "microsoft networking" protocol. You can mount windows (3.11, 95 and NT) diskshares on the network on your linux box with smbmount //doze-box/sharename /mountpoint -n and reversely you can export linux filesystems (requires a little setup.) Also you can let linux be a "windows-nameserver" and - if I'm well-informed - maybe soon there will be support for NT-style authentification services. Printers can be shared both ways as well. Good luck, Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .