Re: silug: Samba/ smb query

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 17:32, bentley.rhodes wrote:
> why isn't samba defaulted to run?

Because no UNIX/Linux system would ship with a broadcast service on by
default.  Most UNIX/Linux desktops now listen for other SMB broadcasts
on a network by default, but they would _never_ announce themselves by
default.  It's a massive security issue to do so.

> i turned it on!  i thought ... anyway, i installed the development
> version of FC3 (again, from workstation)

Do you mean the "Development" (fka "Rawhide") version of Fedora Core?
Or the "Test" release of Fedora Core 3?

> and it isn't running,

Of course not.  The Samba service must explicitly be configured before
the service will run.

> i do not think the client is running either.

Any SMB-enabled client software can and should listen for SMB broadcasts
and other announcements.  GNOME's Nautilus does.  KDE's Konqueror does. 
Most other file managers do.

> i found it under the panel for services.  but i do not know if 
> anything else is required to run with it.

There are 2 major services (and many others depending on usage):
  nmbd -- CIFS/ADS name listening/resolving service
  smbd -- Server Message Block (SMB) resource/services access

Understanding Samba requires you to understand how CIFS/SMB (NT4) or
ADS/SMB (NT5) works.  It is not like your standard "peer-to-peer/
no-security" setup that most "Home" OSes ship with.  Although you _can_
configure it that way.

The great thing about learning Samba is that it's 100% applicable to
native Windows servers.  If you know how Samba works, it makes you a
better Windows administrator.

> i turned on the nfs too, figured it needs to be on in order to do the
> NAT thing,

Nope.  NFS and other UNIX RPC services are completely separate.

> but i don't know.  i want to share files eventually with the other
> computer (win) so i'm thinking that i need to have nfs running.

NFS is traditionally the network filesystem (hence the name) for UNIX
clients.  SMB is traditionally the network filesystem for Windows
clients, hence the name SaMBa.

-- Bryan J. Smith
   Contributing Author, "Samba Unleashed"

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