-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > > Denny White wrote: > > > >That's all one line above. I dropped part of it down for the 72 > > > >character rule. As the article shows, instead of having to open > > > >a cygwin prompt, then issue the tunneling command, the whole thing > > > >can be automated with a script & a windows service started on boot. > > > >When the user clicks start, run, types in the IP address & enter, > > > >explorer will open showing them their samba shares. So, there's > > > >the gui they crave. ;) Hope this helps some. > > > > > > That is interesting to read and I will sure have a look at it, but like > > > you said, these are Windows users here. (;> > > > It may never fly, but I am interested in looking into this however. > > > Thanks for sharing it! > > > Best, > > > Daniel > > > > > > > Glad to help if I can. One caveat to warn you about the windows > > boxes, Daniel. I really had a hair pulling time on one & it turned > > out to be because it had M$'s tools for unix administration on it. > > It wasn't needed since cygwin was on there. I know it was running > > nfs client services which also wasn't needed, left over from before > > samba was totally incorporated across the network, and I'm not sure > > what else, so there was undoubtedly something there conflicting with > > cygrunsrv. Once the unix admin tools were uninstalled, and the box > > rebooted & the tunnel established, when the clicking start-run- > > typing in IP-enter crap was all done, the hookup was really fast. > > I'm sure if you wanted you could reverse that & get rid of cygwin > > & keep the unix tools running it's sshd as a service instead, but > > I'm used to cygwin & actually kind of like it. It's helped me out > > quite a bit in the past. > > > > -- > > > > Denny White On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:17:25AM +0000, Stuart Henderson sez: > while this is a way if you _must_ use SMB/CIFS, I'm not too sure if a > combination of samba, cygwin (which users won't bother to update once > it's installed so no security fixes) and MS loopback adapter (for some > client-breaks-their-own-network-and-shouts-at-you fun) is really the > simplest and most secure setup. >
If you're not real concerned about any particular packages, cygwin is really easy to update, just as easy as microsloth, just a few clicks, but yeah, good point. There are probably much better ways to do it. I just threw it in the mix as a point of interest. OTOH, I haven't had any network breakage from the adapter, but I'm sure it can happen. Luckily for me & the few computers on this network, it works really well so far. I haven't had any breakage or problems since I uninstalled the m$ tools for unix off the one box. -- Denny White All messages scanned by ClamAssassin http://jameslick.com/clamassassin/ =============================================================== GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A =============================================================== iD8DBQFHn1Hdy0Ty5RZE55oRApCVAJ4gKJozPeNqUqmbWTalvUrwtlQtiACgudqA VderkGiSPmhKohKsI/MKdh0= =6nl7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
