Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:29:23 -0800 | From | David Rees <> | Subject | Re: Do not use stock RedHat 6.0 kernels with SMBFS! |
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 04:22:40PM +0000, Riley Williams wrote: > Hi David. > > >> I've just read through your description of the problem, and > >> if I'm understanding it correctly, then it's impossible to > >> set up SMBFS to work in a network where both Win95 and > >> Win98 are in use. > > >> If so, this needs to be sorted out. > > > Not true. You just need to turn off the Win95 workarounds > > in the kernel, and supply the options as needed to smbmount > > on a per-mount basis. Voila, you get the bug-fixes for > > Win95 mounts, and none for Win98/NT mounts. > > Errr.....Now I'm totally confused... > > From the comments made earlier, I understood this bug affected > behaviour both when mounting a Win9x share from Linux and when > mounting a Linux Samba share from Win9x. However, your comment > appears to imply that it only affects the former ??? > > My query was relating specifically to the latter: How does one > export a Samba share from Linux in such a way that it can be > mounted simoultaneously by both Win95 and Win98 systems?
Hi,
Those comments above only relate to mounting Win9x shares on a Linux system, not the other way around. You shouldn't have any problem with exporting shares to both W95 and W98 from Linux, at least none that I know of.
-Dave
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