[ale] A few general Linux networking questions

[Chris Ricker]

On Tue, 11 May 1999, Tom Simpson wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> 
> 	A friend of mine (the IT manager where I work) is looking to encorporate a
> Linux box into our network for various backoffice services. It is a
> 10base-T LAN with a mix of Win 95 and Win 98 clients *and* a bunch of
> Macintoshes all hooked up to an NT server, which then ties into a
> University of South Carolina's fiber optic backbone. He doent know yet
> exacly what he wants to do with Linux but belives that it may be a useful
> adjunct. One possible use is as a backup domain controller. Another might
> be as a file server or a print server, or all of the above.

You can't do BDC, I don't think.  Well, you can, but you'd want the
development samba tree from CVS, which probably isn't a good idea for
day-to-day operation.

Mike, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. ;-)

> 
> 
> 
> 	Here are some of his areas of concern:
> 	
> 
> 
> 1.  The whole compatibility with NT kind of thing.
> 	a.  Can it be added to an NT Domain?

yes.

> 	b.  Does it use NT usernames and passwords from the NT user list or does it
> maintain it's own?

Whichever you configure it to do.

See http:/www.samba.org/ and snoop around for more details.

> 2.  The whole compatibility with Macintosh kind of thing.
> 	a.  Does it do Apple File Sharing via AppleTalk?
> 	b.  Does it handle printing via AppleTalk?

Yes and yes.  There are a couple of different packages which do this,
netatalk and CAP.  You want netatalk, and you want the Asun version of it.
See ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/pub/user-supported/asun/ .

> 
> 3.  Web services.
> 	a.  Does it support MS FrontPage extensions?
> 	b.  Does it support ASP?

It can to both.  I wouldn't recommend it, but then I wouldn't recommend ASP
/ FrontPage on any platform.  For that, you want FrontPage extensions to
apache, which you can get from http://www.apache.org and
ftp://missinglink.darkorb.net/pub/frontpage/ .

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                               kaboom at gatech.edu
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