On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 22:30:28 +0200, lists1 wrote: > Can anyone recommend a non-registration site that clearly explains what > services normally run on a small company lan? Say 25-100 users or so.
Running services is usually a matter of what you need, I've put some links at the end. > I'm trying to figure out exactly what I should be targeting my study toward. > NIS is for authenticating users/passwords, right? NIS is for coordinating user IDs and usernames/passwords across a network so that NFS tracks file permissions and ownership correctly across multiple computers. > NFS for gnu/linux file/print NFS is file only. > OpenLdap is for...same? > Bind for dns > DHCP/static > NTP > Samba for windows file/print If you've got linux clients wanting to print, I'd add in cups or lprng. > What else? I'm surprised you've missed out email, many people here would suggest exim as an SMTP server, and you'd need courier/cyrus for IMAP and/or POP3 mailboxes (unless you can cope with an NFS exported mail spool and all your clients are linux). Useful Sites The Linux Networking Overview HOWTO, especially sections 6 & 7 http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html -- Stephen Patterson http://www.lexx.uklinux.net http://patter.mine.nu [EMAIL PROTECTED] remove SPAM to reply Linux Counter No: 142831 GPG Public key: 252B8B37 Last one down the pub's an MCSE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
