I looked at Unix to Windows file sharing stuff about 9 years ago. I'm just about positive there was something that used FTP underneath. Now, it's going to bother me to no end trying to remember what it was. > -----Original Message----- > > > > Somewhere in my foggy memories of fiddling with Samba, I keep > > thinking that > > it is used FTP under the covers.that I'm all wrong here. > > Indeed, I think the fog is thinker than you realise :-). FTP > isn't the basis for Samba - Andrew Tridgwell and his > colleagues reverse engineered the CIFS/SMB protocol ... it's > all native. As for "support" disappearing any time soon, > I'll mention that to Andrew ... he'll get a laugh. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------