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

A workaround -- albeit goofy -- is to install a Windows machine that has
Client Access, giving it the ability to "see" the AS/400, then share the
Windows machines' drives that point to the AS/400.



-- Don Schenck
   Schenck Technical Consulting
   DonS@SchenckTech.com / www.SchenckTech.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr. [mailto:rbruceh@attglobal.net]
> Sent: December 07, 2000 9:48 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: How can I see the AS/400 from my Linux box?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brendan Bispham <midrangel@black-and-blue.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Thursday, December 07, 2000 9:36 AM
> Subject: RE: How can I see the AS/400 from my Linux box?
> 
> 
> >I think the problem is not Linux ( with samba) but OS400 
> V3R7, which doesnt
> >have Netserver (the Network Neighbourhood that samba 
> connects to). If you
> >upgrade to V4R2+ you get Netserver, otherwise you might 
> still achieve a
> >simulation but not with any ease....
> >
> 
> 
> Just to confirm, yes, this should be the problem. SAMBA will 
> work, but only
> if the Netserver part is available (V4R2) and running.
> 
> NFS (IF I remember correctly) while available for V3R1 and 
> above, was flaky
> and needed to be ordered separately. For V3R7, I would 
> suspect the same.
> 
> ===========================================================
> R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
>  -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer
> 
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> 
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