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to: PETER KNAPPER
from: LEE ARONER
date: 1999-09-07 03:36:00
subject: OS/2 networking & Linux

PK> Hi Roy,

 RJT> I'm trying to get Samba configured properly on the 
 RJT> Linux box here,  and am a bit confused about the OS/2 
 RJT> side of things.  Which of the products in the Warp 
 RJT> Connect stuff is what's needed to be able to map 
 RJT> resources on other machines and similar stuff?

PK> SAMBA (for *nix) is the equivalent of PEER SERVICES (for OS/2). PEER
Services
  > consists of both the SERVER and CLIENT code. You need PEER SERVICES
running to
  > be able to connect an OS/2 CLIENT to resources served from a SAMBA Server.

PK> One point to watch out for is that the PEER SERVICES machines is
configured in
  > the SAME DOMAIN (or WORKGROUP) as the SAMBA machine. If they are in
different
  > DOMAINS, then they will not be able to see each other... Then you need to
  > consider the User profiles you are going to login in with...


   Peter, a genuine question, since I've not tried it, but wouldn't 
   the Warp box be able to see a Samba server on a different domain 
   using the OTHDOMAINS parameter in IBMLAN.INI?


                                       LRA


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