[ale] ALE MONTHLY MEETING for THURSDAY, 1/9/03

[Geoffrey]

It's not too late, jump on the tachyon train and get over to it!  Or, 
make the ALE NW meeting. :)

Thomas Holmquist wrote:
> !!! it was today!!!??? I totally missed this one :( next month i guess :)
> 
> 
> aaron wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday 07 January 2003 12:28, Geoffrey wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Aaron, sorry I didn't post an announcement.  Would you like to do this
>>> in the future?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> No appology necessary.
>> Michael or I can deal with posting the email reminder.
>> Thanks for getting up on the Web Site so quickly, though!
>>
>> peace
>> aaron
>>
>>  
>>
>>> aaron wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> January's main meeting of ALE is set for the usual
>>>> 2nd Thursday of the month, January 9th, 7:30 pm,
>>>> at the Emory Law School building.
>>>>
>>>> Our main presentation topic is SAMBA file and print sharing with
>>>> Linux and our presenter is Troy Thompson from Sonova Systems (outline
>>>> and biography below).
>>>>
>>>> As always, maps and related details are available on the www.ale.org
>>>> web site.
>>>>
>>>> Hope to see you there!
>>>> peace
>>>> aaron
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------
>>>> Presentation outline:
>>>>
>>>> January's presentation topic is Samba, a cross-platform file and
>>>> print services package which employs the SMB/CIFS protocol, the main
>>>> networking protocol used by Microsoft systems. A Samba server can be
>>>> run on Linux to replace Windows based servers and provide domain
>>>> control, network logon shares, scripting and one-way dropboxes across
>>>> a multi platform network.
>>>>
>>>> The target audience is computer users who would like to provide file
>>>> and print sharing on a home or business network which contains
>>>> Windows boxes while remaining exempt from the "Microsoft Server Tax"
>>>> [tm]. The material is appropriate for novice users, so prior
>>>> familiarity with Windows and/or Linux networking is not essential.
>>>>
>>>> Points to be covered include:
>>>> * A Basic overview of the Microsoft methods of NetBIOS/SMB
>>>>  networking and how Samba fits into the picture.
>>>> * Overview of what Samba provides
>>>> * Live installation of Samba
>>>> * Configuration of Samba as a domain controller
>>>> * Configuring the clients
>>>> * Adding clients to the domain
>>>> * Creating home directories
>>>> * Creating login scripts
>>>> * Creating shared inbox directories (one-way dropbox style)
>>>> * Firewalling issues (Lest You Be 0wn3d by Nimda!)
>>>>
>>>> Advanced points as time and interest permit:
>>>> * Creating user-specific login scripts
>>>> * Creating machine-specific login scripts
>>>> * Password changes from the Windows client
>>>>   (this can be a Black Art, but we'll try!)
>>>>
>>>> ----------
>>>> Bio:
>>>> Troy Thompson is the webmaster and primary Internet Consultant of
>>>> Sonova Systems, LLC, a local metro Atlanta-based consulting company.
>>>> Troy cut his teeth on...
>>>> -- a Commodore 64 in grade school,
>>>> -- the Internet via Delphi when it was a VMS text-based dialup,
>>>> -- AOL when it ran on the GEOS shell,
>>>> -- Netscape and I.E. side-by-side when they were still at version 1,
>>>> -- and beta testing of Windows 95.
>>>>
>>>> (Yes, he's just a young pup!)
>>>>
>>>> He still has a functioning Commodore 128, and today takes in many
>>>> orphaned computers to give them new homes -- much to the chagrin of
>>>> his very understanding wife, Jessica!
>>>>
>>>> Sonova Systems specializes in business systems analysis, technical
>>>> support, and targeted solutions on a variety of platforms  including
>>>> Linux, Macintosh, OS-X and most Microsoft OS distributions [ see
>>>> www.sonovasystems.com ].  Troy is the primary Linux/web consultant at
>>>> the company, where he maintains several customer domains from the
>>>> firewall to the web application interface.
>>>>
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