Denys wrote
 
>
>I am sad that while I have an HP 3000 with a few gigs of disk space and
>a dat
>drive, I am unable to use these resources as a server for my Windows
>xxx
>clients.  Sure I use (plug alert) Hiback to perform backups to the HP
>3000
>devices (end of plug alert) but I also wish I could just map a group or
>account on my HP 3000 from my Windows 95 client and be able to access
>files
>on either systems from either system.
>
Some time ago, I asked if anyone on the List had used/heard of Samba, a
freeware SMB server/client that has been ported to multiple UNIX based
systems.
 
We use it at one of my clients to "share" HP9000 disk space and printers
seamlessly to a wfwg/win95/NT network. It really works well, and allows
connections to directories and printers on the HP9000 without any NFS or
other client software on the clients - no permanent connections,
supports UNC, disk mapping, just like wfwg/win95/NT.
 
I would really like to have the Samba server running on the Posix side
of the HP3000. I believe that this would make the HP3000 the most
robust, productive and useful server around (provided the Samba port
didn't introduce instability :)).
 
Anyone with any information about the possibilities?
 
 
>Neil Harvey
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