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Re: Samba for Cygwin
- To: Joshua Jensen <joshua at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Samba for Cygwin
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:56:30 -0400
- CC: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <20010820154601.B1186@redhat.com>
Joshua Jensen wrote:
> I show all my students Cygwin, and they love it. Their number one
> question, though, is "where is Samba for Cygwin?". Are there aspects of
> Samba that are particularly problematic when porting to Cygwin? Are
> there any plans for Samba on Cygwin?
Umm...why?
Samba allows linux/unix machines to export shares using the SMB/CIFS
protocol.
smbfs allows linux machines to mount shares from other machines (incl.
windows) using SMB/CIFS.
Windows ALREADY can export and mount shares using SMB/CIFS. These
filesharing tools are *builtin* to windows 9x/Me and NT/2k. Why run samba?
That's like asking to port WINE to Cygwin (or port cygwin to WINE).
It's a gee-whiz proof-of-concept, but has no practical value.
--Chuck
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