[Ti] Re: [Titanium] accessing networks

[John Lyon]

Point well taken. The network browser is much better than previous OS X 
versions, though.

Thanks for the pointer on SWAT.

Why is it that SAMBA is so easy to get working on a Mac and so 
difficult on a Linux box...never mind. I know the answer to that...

John

On Sep 14, 2004, at 5:50 PM, Chris Olson wrote:

> They added support for "Windows Printing" in Panther, which wasn't 
> there in Jaguar.  Also, Panther added the GIMPPrint drivers for many 
> common printers, which had to be installed separately in Jaguar, along 
> with the ghostscript interpreter.  As far as the actual SMB (Server 
> Message Block) protocol which Windows uses for filesharing, I don't 
> think there was much changed (if anything at all).  Perhaps a new 
> release of Samba under the hood, but functionality should remain the 
> same (until Microsoft decides to break something again with their own 
> protocol, which happens every time they release a new OS version it 
> seems).
>
> I should mention that Panther has SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool) 
> in it too.  It's not enabled by default, but by following the 
> instructions here:
> http://www.ibiblio.org/macsupport/swat/
>
> you can enable it.  SWAT gives you many more options for configuring 
> the SMB client/server.
> --
> Chris
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