RE: How can I see the AS/400 from my Linux box?

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,

Have you done this, or are you assuming it works?  The AS/400s SMB has
proven not very reliable with linux.  At least in my experience.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerome Draper [mailto:jdraper@wco.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 8:59 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: How can I see the AS/400 from my Linux box?
> 
> 
> Just load SAMBA (www.samba.org) and off you go.  This 
> provides SMB support
> on the Linux box.  You will then be able to map a drive at a 
> Windows PC
> that is physically on the Linux box.  SAMBA is the Linux equivalent of
> NerServer on the AS400.  Printing is also supported by SAMBA.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> At 01:25 AM 12/7/2000 GMT, you wrote:
> >I was asked this question today.  Any answers for him?
> >
> >"We're running V3R7, and have some file systems shared out 
> so that they can 
> >be mapped by Windows machines as drives (currently done by 
> running IBM's 
> >Client Access to make a connection to the machine, then the 
> usual Win9x/NT 
> >'Map a Network Drive' to QDLS)
> >
> >I'm trying to do the same thing on a linux box, but am not 
> sure how to 
> >mount the drive - ie. I'm not sure if these are being shared 
> via NFS, SMB, 
> >etc. Is there any way to tell how these are being shared, 
> and how I might 
> >access using Linux's mount, nfsmount, smbmount, etc?"
> >
> 
> 
> Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
> Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to 
> the AS/400
> Representing Synapse, Apple, UDS, Nlynx, Perle, Lucent, etc.
> (415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com
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