Is it possible to run Samba on Xp Pro
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Deon
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 09:38:37PM +0200, Deon Steyn wrote:> Is it possible to run Samba on Xp ProNo. Volker -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/attachments/20080610/e2ebfdd5/attachment.bin
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 09:38:37PM +0200, Deon Steyn wrote: >> Is it possible to run Samba on Xp Pro > > No. >You could run Samba in a *nix VM sitting on top of a XP host. Performance is going to suck, but it can be done. Greg
What for ? 2008/6/11 Greg J. Zartman, P.E. <greg@leiinc.com>:> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 09:38:37PM +0200, Deon Steyn wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to run Samba on Xp Pro >>> >> >> No. >> >> > > You could run Samba in a *nix VM sitting on top of a XP host. Performance > is going to suck, but it can be done. > > Greg > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >
Deon Steyn wrote:> Is it possible to run Samba on Xp ProI think a better question is - why? I see from your previous posting that you've had Samba running under XP via Cygwin. Why use Samba, when Windows has SMB/CIFS support built in? -- Curtis Maloney cmaloney@cardgate.net