hi
i have 5 pc at home
all under linux
i would like to take one to do a server.
with windows, we can create a domain… and client machine connect to this machine to have some service…
under linux what technlogy do you suggest?
thanks
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
What is it you are wanting to do? A box’s designation as a “server”
doesn’t mean much without services, so what are you looking for? File
sharing? Web services? Mail? Creating a Samba domain, for example,
will give you windows-like services for file-sharing which will also be
compatible with windows boxes. If you are in a non-windows environment
there are a lot of other options for the same, though, like NFS. You
could also share files via FTP or, significantly better, scp/sftp which
is encrypted and therefore much more-secure. For a web host you don’t
need anything like a windows “domain”, and for most if not all services
that should be the case so it really depends on your needs.
Good luck.
collinm wrote:
> hi
>
> i have 5 pc at home
> all under linux
>
> i would like to take one to do a server.
>
> with windows, we can create a domain… and client machine connect to
> this machine to have some service…
>
> under linux what technlogy do you suggest?
>
> thanks
>
>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iD8DBQFIrsgk3s42bA80+9kRAtHxAJ9psKpRPVcV6boA07QHChHdlEGTWQCeINto
l2n8HbbUCYXUB93tZNnIh0s=
=1dje
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
only samba will prove windows like service?
want to share printer, file system
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Samba is made to emulate windows services, but it is by far the only way
to share printers and files. The main service for that is called ‘cups’
and there are also other options.
Good luck.
collinm wrote:
> only samba will prove windows like service?
>
> want to share printer, file system
>
>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iD8DBQFIrxPn3s42bA80+9kRAgs0AJ9FDkdkUj+g9ZQMjRpM/1I8MkcPNgCfeYhr
ZwGelOx1f5tcAFKRbQFginQ=
=BsA+
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
i know all solution you suggest…
is there a way to create a server, create sharing file, printer on it…
and when we install a client, we said, check then server and the client have automcally all the sharing stuff of the server?
because right now, i can create a server with radius, ldap for authenfication, share folder with nfs (other way to do it without ftp, scp, web)? and use cups for printer…
so it’s there a opensource solution to do that?
is there any sirs? like AD of windows for SUSE?
collinm wrote:
>
> so it’s there a opensource solution to do that?
>
>
collinm;
At this point in time, Samba3 can be configured for either a workgroup or an NT
style domain (print, file sharing, roaming profiles, central authentication
etc.) You can participate as a member server in an AD domain, but currently
samba3 does not support acting as an AD controller. Current research is going
on with Samba4. Samba4 is not considered stable.
P. V.
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum.