hi ya john...
i'd also make a test box.....for doing all of the bleeding edge...
when all the users are moved overnight to the new samba server...than
you can retire the NTs... ( for backup only just in case linux dies ...
and use the *.deb or get the source from
http://www.samba.org
and boy are ya gonna be having fun doing all that stuff... :-)
and be sure NOT to allow linux to write to NTFS... unless you're confident
it can write it without corrupting the NTs ( used to be an issue...
dont know if it still an issue or not )
have fun
alvin
http://www.Linux-1U.net ... 500Gb 1U Radid5 ...
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, John Griffiths wrote:
> G'day guys
>
> In the next few days I'm going to be trying to replace an NT server that does
> domain control for a windows network, printing for the network, indows
> network file server, and allows dial up access to the network (and through it
> to the internet).
>
> My plan is to use samba on Debian and avoid the massive win2k licence cost
> (i'd need the 25 seat licence)
>
> My understanding is that I'd need Samba 2.20 to do all of this.
>
> so should i:
>
> a) build samba 2.2 from source?
> b) download 2.2 from unstable and use dpkg to install it? (probably having to
> install the newer libc6? from my reading of the package list)
> c) upgrade the server to unstable and run a production box on the bleeding
> edge?
>
> any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated
>
