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Short: File/printer sharing with Win* machines
Author: Andrew Tridgell <samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au>
Uploader: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <c948374@student.dtu.dk>
Type: comm/net
This is a port of Samba 1.9.15p8.
Samba is software for sharing files and printers with Winslows machines
(3.1, 3.11, '95, NT, ...), OS\2 and other machines running Samba.
What can Samba do?
==================
Here is a very short list of what Samba includes, and what it does
- a SMB server, to provide LanManager style file and print services to PCs
- a Netbios (rfc1001/1002) nameserver
- a FTP-like SMB client so you can access PC resources (disks and
printers) from Amigas
- a tar extension to the client for backing up PCs
What is different to the other Amiga port of Samba?
===================================================
- It works! Even if you don't have an ancient (pre 42.0) version of
ixemul.library installed.
- Requires ixemul.library 43.1 (or later) and ixnet.library 1.0 (or later).
- It supports both AmiTCP and AS-225R2 compatible TCP/IP protocol stacks
(future versions of ixnet.library may support other stacks if needed).
- No stack size problems -> no crashes just because you forgot to set a
bigger stack size. The stack is automatically extended as needed.
- Passwords work!
- This port includes the client programmes too.
- This port inlcudes the manual pages, both formatted and unformatted. This
means you actually have a chance of setting it up!
- Should work even on a plain 68000 (untested).
- Printing may work, but I haven't tested this at all.
- Doesn't work in stand-alone mode, it has to be started from inetd. This is
not much of a problem, fortunately.
- smbstatus pops up requesters asking for proc:. These can be ignored.
- Requires ETC: and TMP: to be assigned to the correct directories. This is
annoying, but given all the above features, I can live with it.
Requirements
============
- Amiga OS 2.04 (2.0 might work too)
- MC68000 or better
- ixemul.library 43.1 (or later). Can be found on Aminet in dev/gcc.
- ixnet.library 1.0 (or later). Comes with ixemul.library.
- One of the TCP/IP protocol stacks supported by ixnet.library. This
currently (ixnet.library 1.0) means AmiTCP/IP, AS-225R2 and compatibles.
- An Ethernet card (maybe Arcnet can be used too?)
Tested (and compiled) on an A4000/030 with an Ariadne Ethernet card,
Amiga OS 3.1, AmiTCP 4.0 demo, GCC 2.7.2, ixemul.library 43.1
and ixnet.library 1.0.