Hi all, My organization is thinking of using samba to replace the current ftp service that we offer, because it is very easy to use and encrypted passwords are built in Windows (for authentication). We are running a Solaris 5.8 machine with Samba 2.2 installed. We tested samba in our LAN and it works great. However, this service is meant for users to connect from home. What do we have to do to make samba work over a routed network? Should we use a WINS server (using samba), special DNS server....? I am very new to samba so please have a little patience in my basic questions. =) Also how many users can a samba server support? Could we just follow the way University of Alberta is using samba? (http://www.ualberta.ca/CNS/SAMBA/win2kstep2.html) Thanks, Francis
"Francis Lau" <fkwlau@blanch.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in message news:Pine.SOL.4.44.0302250110470.22286-100000@blanch.math.uwaterloo.ca...> Hi all, > > My organization is thinking of using samba to replace the current ftp > service that we offer, because it is very easy to use and encrypted > passwords are built in Windows (for authentication). > > We are running a Solaris 5.8 machine with Samba 2.2 installed. > > We tested samba in our LAN and it works great. However, this service > is meant for users to connect from home. What do we have to do to make > samba work over a routed network? Should we use a WINS server (using > samba), special DNS server....? I am very new to samba so please have a > little patience in my basic questions. =)I would recommend setting up a vpn server and dole out a private IP address to the remote users. Once they are on your network, browsing should work fine. Rich