Synching deeply nested directories Debian Server - Win XP

Hello all, I am using a Win XP feature called "Offline Files", which is basically like having a replica of files which are orginally on a network drive and letting XP decide whether to work on the local replica or the actual network files. The user doesn't notice the difference. After reconnec

Re: Synchronizing between Windows and Linux: character encoding problem

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: NLE> Debian Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NLE> NLE> > Hello there! NLE> > NLE> > I am trying to synchronize files between a laptop running either Windows NLE> > XP or Debian and a Debian file server. I have

Synchronizing between Windows and Linux: character encoding problem

Hello there! I am trying to synchronize files between a laptop running either Windows XP or Debian and a Debian file server. I have tried rsync and unison on the Linux install of the laptop and rsync (under Cygwin) on the Windows install, but both were unable to transfer files with special charact

Re: Samba as a PDC

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Clement wrote: C> Tried to setup Samba 3.0.4-5 on Sarge as a PDC. Tried very hard to read C> the docs and sample configure to no success. When connecting a W2k C> client, I get this error: C> C> "... Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password." Maybe a stupid question

Administrative rights for special task

Dear List, I would like to give a regular user the rights to do the following on a Debian system: 1) Install a (secure) ldap server 2) Test the server 3) Fill in the address "data base" for this server Question: Does this user need full root privileges on this machine? Even though this is only a