Does SAMBA only run on Linux?

[InlineFive]

I have multiple PCs and one Mac at work and I thought I would install SAMBA so they could work together. However the files are in .rpm format, does SAMBA only install on Linux? If so bummer...

-Por

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Samba works on most unices as far as I know, including OSX (it comes with it, just turn on sharing in the gui).

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Samba works on most unices as far as I know, including OSX (it comes with it, just turn on sharing in the gui).

I was hoping to install it on our Windows Server. I hear Macs are good file servers though because of their 128-Bit pathways, would a 333Mhz G3 be able to oust a 2Ghz Celeron (both same memory), the former using OS 8.6? Just wondering...

-Por

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey Samba works on most unices as far as I know, including OSX (it comes with it, just turn on sharing in the gui).

I was hoping to install it on our Windows Server. I hear Macs are good file servers though because of their 128-Bit pathways, would a 333Mhz G3 be able to oust a 2Ghz Celeron (both same memory), the former using OS 8.6? Just wondering... -Por

Why do you need to install SAMBA on your Windows machine? Windows machines already have built in sharing that uses the SMB protocol.

 

[MovingTarget]

I believe it runs on OpenBSD also. I currently run a samba serve on my openbsd 3.3 box.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Samba works on most unices as far as I know, including OSX (it comes with it, just turn on sharing in the gui).

I was hoping to install it on our Windows Server.

Windows has this built in, so you don't need to install SAMBA on it.

I hear Macs are good file servers though because of their 128-Bit pathways, would a 333Mhz G3 be able to oust a 2Ghz Celeron (both same memory), the former using OS 8.6? Just wondering...

There's no way in hell that ancient Mac could outrun a Celeron, especially with a pre-OSX OS (and you want to run a "server" on something that doesn't even have protected memory? :Q).

BTW, SAMBA runs on lots of other things.

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Samba works on most unices as far as I know, including OSX (it comes with it, just turn on sharing in the gui).

I was hoping to install it on our Windows Server. I hear Macs are good file servers though because of their 128-Bit pathways, would a 333Mhz G3 be able to oust a 2Ghz Celeron (both same memory), the former using OS 8.6? Just wondering...

-Por

Are you pulling our legs? Why would you want to install SAMBA on Windows server when it already has SMB protocol built-in?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

That's like wanting to install cygwin on linux, or install wine on windows.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
That's like wanting to install cygwin on linux, or install wine on windows.

I like that analogy .

 

[Mucman]

Running Samba on my FreeBSD server at home for a couple years now...

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
That's like wanting to install cygwin on linux, or install wine on windows.

Our "server" acutually is Windows XP Professional so would this still have SAMBA built in? If so how can I share the drive and get my Mac OS 8.6 junker to see it?

-Por

 

[Mucman]

You need an SMB client on the Mac. Share a folder how you normally do in Windows.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Mucman
You need an SMB client on the Mac. Share a folder how you normally do in Windows.

This site may be able to help (it was just the first seemingly relevant link on Google).

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
That's like wanting to install cygwin on linux, or install wine on windows.

Our "server" acutually is Windows XP Professional so would this still have SAMBA built in? If so how can I share the drive and get my Mac OS 8.6 junker to see it?

-Por

It doesn't have samba built in. Samba is an implementation of the smb protocol (well, and other stuff too, I think) for unix-like OSes to interoperate with windows file sharing (which is the smb protocol). Turn on file sharing, and you're essentially doing what you think you want to use Samba for.