Re: End of Samba ???

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx>]

Shanu <shanu@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 
> "Samba is (presumably) so named because it permits Linux to communicate
>  using SMB (Server Message Blocks). SMB (as I understand it) is the
>  upper-level protocol used by NetBIOS. NetBIOS is supposed to go away in
>  Windows 2000 (aka NT 5). From that point forward, there will be no need
>  for SMB and thus Samba."
>                                                 - Anonymous Coward
> 

NetBIOS is MS TCP/IP
SMB is MS NFS

Getting rid of NetBIOS is not the same as getting rid of SMB. SMB
doesn't depend on the lower level network protocols - as has been
demonstrated by Linux by running it on TCP/IP.

>         I a assume that SMB will be replaced by a proprietor MS
> protocol. So...

SMB *is* a proprietary MS protocol that was reverse engineered.

> 
>  - Wouldn't this mean that we will be forced to use NT itself as back
> ends for serving win32 clients ? 
>  

It's not that easy. There are zillions of Win 3.1 and Win95 clients
out there which don't have support for this new hypothetical Win2k
protocol.

	-Arun

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