Samba has been around for several years and seems mature but I cannot find a Windows port anywhere? I want to write code once and run same on Linux and Windows but this gap prevents me. Has anybody tried? Thanks for your consideration.
> Samba has been around for several yearsWe have had it in our production servers for around 10 years. Meaning that the conversion from a windows NT / active directory domain to a samba one happened for us in 2000. It works great, much easier to manage than windows servers and no need to make design decisions (and limitations) based on how much the license will cost.> and seems mature but I cannot find a > Windows port anywhere? > I want to write code once and run same on Linux and Windows but this gap > prevents me.So you want to make an application that somehow modifies the SMB/CIFS protocol?> > Has anybody tried? >I do not think this would be an easy task. First off you have to disable windows the windows SMB and all of its services. This is in addition to Server and Workstation. I would doubt that many windows users would want / allow this. John
There isn't a Windows "port" but a Samba-clone. It was made by a company called Microsoft. You should check them out someday, some of their software actually doesn't suck. Seriously, a Windows port of Samba wouldn't make much sense since the whole point of Samba is to do what Windows already does natively. It also likely wouldn't be possible to run Samba because Windows listens on the same ports that Samba would be using. Also, if licensing was your reason for wanting Samba: Samba wouldn't allow you to sidestep any of the Windows license limitations in the first place. The license limitations apply regardless of which software you use to share files.> -----Original Message----- > From: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba- > bounces at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of P Tend > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:18 PM > To: samba at lists.samba.org > Subject: [Samba] Looking for Windows port > > Samba has been around for several years and seems mature but I cannot > find a > Windows port anywhere? > I want to write code once and run same on Linux and Windows but this > gap > prevents me. > > Has anybody tried? > > Thanks for your consideration. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
If the question is so stupid then why did did Ross Smith try it with Cygwin and succeed? http://smithii.com/samba Thanks for your consideration. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Brian Cowan <brcowan at gmail.com> wrote:> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:18 PM, P Tend <acme1959 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Samba has been around for several years and seems mature but I cannot find >> a >> Windows port anywhere? >> I want to write code once and run same on Linux and Windows but this gap >> prevents me. >> >> Has anybody tried? >> >> Stupid question: Why would you want to port the *emulator* back to the > platform it is supposed to emulate? This request makes no logical sense. > > > >> Thanks for your consideration. >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba >> > >