Mgetty, Samba and Win 95

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:40:21 +0200

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Hi,

On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 05:54:45PM -0400, Brax Sisco wrote:
> Is it possible to set up mgetty, pppd, and samba in such a way that
> someone can use MS Dial-Up networking to connect to the linux box and be
> able to access files via "Network Neighborhood?"  

Yes.  I think it boils down to needing a WINS server in the "server"
network (or using Samba for WINS).  Otherwise the client has no way to
notice the SMB broadcasts that are used for advertising...

gert
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