I use e-smith for this - it is a stripped down linux server distribution. http://www.e-smith.org Of course it would require a second computer. But it is very easy to install and manage.
Doug >I have already asked about the availability of a halfway recent samba >package about a month ago. Unfortunately no one has answered my >request... does this mean there is nothing out there? is anyone working >on something like that? > >I am well aware that windows filesharing is not one of the standard >things one is doing with a firewall/router, but a friend of mine has >only a small home network and the other pcs are laptops with limited >space, that his 40 gb ide-harddisk doesn't fit into. If someone can >think of another solution to let him play his mp3s, please tell me ;) ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html