Hi guys,i have an Opensuse 10.3 server running samba and i just wanted to know how i could attach ms dos clients to samba if thats possible,i tried downloading TCP/IP software for dos but i could not find anything on the net that works.
Thanks Guys
You need some kind of network protocol for both ends to communicate with each other and TCP/IP would be the most logical option.
For installing TCP/IP in DOS you’re not in the best forum I guess. 
10.3 is no longer supported, so finding packages for it won’t be easy. JFYI. So if you need extra things installed you’re on your own.
I used to do it with TCP/IP, in the early days of samba. But it was a real pain.
Just an idea: dosemu does a great job on linux, I use it to run an old DOS program on it. These days I’d rather have a linux OS with dosemu, than a native DOS client.
On Mon January 18 2010 08:46 am, clintmoodley25 wrote:
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> Hi guys,i have an Opensuse 10.3 server running samba and i just wanted
> to know how i could attach ms dos clients to samba if thats possible,i
> tried downloading TCP/IP software for dos but i could not find anything
> on the net that works.
> Thanks Guys
>
>
clintmoodley25;
Starting with the Samba 3.2.X release the default behavior for lanman changed.
To connect older versions of Windows (95,98,me) and DOS add the following to
the [global] section of /etc/samba/smb.conf
lanman auth = yes
client lanman auth = yes
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P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
Ah you are in very old territory. I don’t even know if you can get the required packages and drivers for MSDOS easily anymore. I think you need something called Lanman for DOS from M$. Do you really still have computers running DOS? Are they networked already?
Thanks guys for your replies,i still have some dos machines connecting to a Netware 3.12 server,i want to Replace that Netware server with a Suse 10.3 server,i just want to see if i can get this setup to work because i still have customers who are running dos and dont want to upgrade to windows cos of viruses(I think its silly but customer always right).I cant seem to find a decent TCP/IP software for dos,i have installed a certain software on a Pc,i can ping my 10.3 server but when i try to map it i get a reply PASSWORD INCORRECT,WHEN IT IS CORRECT.
As I said, you need something called Lanman. Netware is a different networking technology. Unfortunately the two technologies don’t coexist well so you might end up breaking something if you need to continue to use Netware as well. Novell does sell Netware servers of course, and you could try an enterprise version of SUSE to see if it can be a server for you.
thanks ken will have a look at the link
IIRC you also need to configure users in samba, I think the message points that way.
Linux can emulate an old Netware server, look at 17.3. NetWare Emulation with MARSNWE
I don’t know if this software is still maintained. I don’t think it was ever used a lot and I think today it is hardly used at all.
If your clients prefer DOS because they are afraid of virusses, they really should consider Linux for there clients
Joost these customers refuse to listen to reason,anyway i downloaded a network boot disk from netboot.com,but i still cant seem to authenticate the dos users for some reason,i can use the exact same user name on my Windows clients and it works fine
So the windu clients connect to the samba server, but the DOS clients don’t?
On Tue January 19 2010 04:56 am, clintmoodley25 wrote:
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> Joost these customers refuse to listen to reason,anyway i downloaded a
> network boot disk from netboot.com,but i still cant seem to authenticate
> the dos users for some reason,i can use the exact same user name on my
> Windows clients and it works fine
>
>
clintmoodley;
Have you enabled Lanman auth on Samba as per my earlier post?
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
hi guys i finally got it to work,both free dos and windows clients are connecting to my samba server,i managed to locate free tcp/ip software which allows me to map network drives and connect to shared printers.
Thanks guys for all the help.
Great you got it sorted. See, linux can do (almost) any job.