It's possible, but nontrivial.
You can load the "Microsoft Network Client 3.0 for MSDOS" software, a
free
download from ftp.microsoft.com (look in /bussys/Clients/MSCLIENT). You
need to load the full redirector because you need TCP/IP support to access a
Samba server. Oh, I'm not sure if it does encrypted passwords, either: it
may only support plaintext passwords.
This can take some work to configure properly, and all those network modules
take a lot of DOS memory (try to start with as much UMB memory as you can),
but it works.
I can't really help you further, it's been at least three years since
I've
used a standalone DOS PC.
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> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 13:48:40 -0800 (PST)
> From: <vball@socrates.berkeley.edu>
> To: samba@samba.org
> Subject: dos?
> Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990315134523.5978B-100000@socrates>
>
> I have an old dos app that doesn't run in the win95 shell very well.
> There are problems with the graphics.
> Is it possible to connect to a samba server from real dos? I assume the
> answer is no but I thought I would check.
>
> Verne Ball
> vball@socrates.berkeley.edu
>
>
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