Re: IBM Lack of Macintosh Support

[Michael Ryan <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good thought Jeff...that may work...at least IBM says they support Samba
under *NIX.

On 2/23/05 05:24 PM, "Jeffrey Lee" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> have you tried using samba?
> 
> On Feb 23, 2005, at 4:09 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> 
>> One wonders why IBM is so dead set on not providing support for
>> anything
>> except Windows workstations. My advertising department is using Macs
>> for
>> page layouts and such. I want to be able to map an iSeries directory
>> using
>> NetServer out so the Macs can establish a drive. Can't be done...here's
>> IBM's take on it:
>> 
>> "Problem Summary:
>> Can MacIntosh PCs map network drives to iSeries Netserver?
>> 
>> Resolution:
>> iSeries NetServer provides no support for the MacIntosh operating
>> system. It
>> is not possible to map a network drive to the NetServer using a
>> MacIntosh
>> PC.
>> 
>> Note: iSeries NetServer provides support for PC's running Windows
>> networking
>> code (Windows 9x, NT, 2000, XP). Beginning with V5R1M0 iSeries 400
>> (with
>> additional PTFs applied), the NetServer also provides support for the
>> Samba
>> client used by Linux/Unix clients."
>> 
>> WDSC only works under Windows, NetServer drives can only be mapped to
>> Windows, Webfacing only works with Windows...bleah...
>> 
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