[ale] Linspire chairman thinks desktop Linux is futile

[Nick Ali]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:47 AM,  <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
>> Will Samba 4 help when it comes out?
>> http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4
>>
>
> Nick,
>
> Samba is used to replace the domain controller. It also comes with client software to allow you to mount CIFS shares. It unfortunately doesn't come with software that allows a Linux client to participate in a Windows domain just like a Windows box does (authentication/authorization and automatic mounting of your home directory).

Bah, thats right. I was actually thinking of Likewise, which is based
on winbind, so that may not work for you either.

nick

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