On Mon, 07 May 2007 21:18:08 -0700 Akemi Yagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 08 May 2007 01:41:42 +0100, John G Walker wrote: > > > Basically, W98 is so primitive that the only practical solution is > > to let the complexities of the situation be handled by Linux. I'm > > beginning to feel that restricting sharing the W98 data to the SuSE > > 10.0 machine is the best solution. It's bit fiddly, but then, > > sharing data between Linux and W98 is not something I do every day. > > It's just something i have to be able to do, > > I have a question (and possibly a suggestion). > > You mentioned that "Since the object of using Samba is partly to > access a Windows 98 machine,.." What exactly do you mean by > "access"? Do you need to connect to the Win98 box to copy/move files > between Linux and Win98? > > Then, can't you use smbclient instead? I remember I was able to use > smbclient to connect to Win98 (last done 6 months ago). > > Akemi > > > Good suggestion. I've never really used smbclient, except for diagnostic purposes. But this seems possibly the best way forward yet, -- All the best, John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba