Attaching to a Windows peer-to-peer network without a domain
Glen Smith
gesmith at spcrepair.com
Sun Apr 17 10:05:23 PDT 2005
Hi Ahost
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Ahost Isco wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Could someone tell me the steps necessary to connect freeBSD as a guest to
> a Microsoft Windows peer-to-peer network that is running without a domain?
> Windows has a network connectivity that doesn't require a domain
> controller, DNS, or any of the normal network stuff. It uses a workgroup,
> and an 'announce' to the group. All computers in the group see all the
> other computers in the group. Computers can be added to the network by
> simply attaching and powering on, and removed by simply disconnecting. It
> is used practically exclusively for home networks behind a firewall, with
> IP addresses that are not shared with the WAN.
>
> I would like to connect my freeBSD computer to such a network TEMPORARILY,
> so I don't want to change their existing network configuration. The network
> setting I'm wanting to connect to uses a TCP/IP protocol. Such networks are
> limited in what they can do, but I don't want my freeBSD computer to end up
> being a controller in such an environment. I seem to be having some
> difficulty in setting this up.
>
> Samba is already installed. Can someone provide me with a command sequence
> that would allow the connection to such a network as a guest, with the
> ability to view the shared files / folders on this network?
Check out the security directive in your smb.conf. "security = user"
will set up a workgroup.
Sincerely,
Glen Smith
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IT/Network Administrator
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