Re: Telnet/Winblows. Benefits of DNS etc.

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

> 
> The best way for file transfers on mixed Win/Linux LANs is Samba.  You can
> have all the machines set up as servers, and with the smbfs work that
> happened, you can mount windows shares under Linux like any other file
> system.  Why you'd want to, that's your business - but it can be done... <g>

 Mmmm. I was hoping to try using it as a file server or sommat. I`m
gonna be giving the Windoze machine away (in return for a car! :-) so I
don`t think I`ll throw linux back onto it.
 Windoze installs are a pain in the butt....6 reboots last time, what
with all the bother with drivers etc :(

> 
> >  Also is there a file similar to /etc/hosts on a Windoze machine to save
> > me the bother of keying IP addresses?
> 
> I think C:\windows\hosts does it, but come along to the ShefLUG meeting on
> the 12th and I'll show you how to do it with DNS... bewdiful!

 Cheers for the offer, but I live up here in Edinburgh. Sheffield is a
bit too far afield ;(
 Whilst on the subject, what benefits would I see if I ran a caching
nameserver? I`ve got a P75 with 24Mb that I could use...I started to set
one up, but gave up - couldn`t be arsed.
 

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