Hi all > and is included on the CD for folks who may not be able to run a domain > across their VPN/WAN, and thus need to get a linux system running Samba's > WINS for name resolution, which will allowing workgroup based M$ network > browsing functionality across a VPN (or other WAN) if configured properly.
Unfortunately, the WINS portion (nmbd) of samba does not allow browsing functionality over WAN's. I first thought this too, but after reading some doc's of the samba people and trying it out, I know now for sure: If you REALLY want cross-subnet-browsing, you'll need the whole samba package anyway. This is caused by the way how the browsing list generated. It is NOT generated based on WINS information (typically M$: very stupid). If you're interested why and how, please read: http://samba.epfl.ch/samba/ftp/docs/textdocs/BROWSING.txt But there is a complete samba package. The only link to it is on the currently down lrp.c0wz.com site. Charles is running a mirror, but the site which the link is pointing at, Koon Wong's package archive, is down either. But fortunately, Rick was mirroring Koon Wong's archive so Charles is mirroring it too: http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net/files/kwarchive/ Use smb-2b.lrp. After using this package, cross-subnet-browsing worked (please be patient, it's buggy, unreliable and slow). It's also useful if you just want to access your router through Windows network instead of FTP or if you have a HD in your router for data. best wishes --- Sandro Minola | LEAF Developer (http://leaf.sourceforge.net) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.minola.ch | http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/sminola _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
