Dear Mr. Rado, Thank you for your clear explanation and also your kind thoughts, and... say if you ever visited Jakarta, Indonesia please do call me, we can go and have a cup of coffee or tea, shall we? :-)
Thanks again! -- Best regards, Steve Nadjari +6281382755875 On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:00 PM, <[email protected]>wrote: > Send ebox-user mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.ebox-platform.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ebox-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Advise on Networking Design (Steve Nadjari) > 2. Re: Advise on Networking Design ( Radoslav Dejanovi? ) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:59:00 +0700 > From: Steve Nadjari <[email protected]> > Subject: [ebox-user] Advise on Networking Design > To: Ebox User Mailing List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > > I'm a newbie to eBox and Linux, yet I'm thinking to use eBox in near time. > > Currently, I have both Windows XP and Vista machines, as well as Ubuntu > Linux machines. They are all stand alone computers, hence I'm thinking to > networked them together, with eBox as the Server. > > Can someone please kindly tell me what is the best scenario or ideas for my > situation, of how to networked them together. I've read a posting with > similar situation and he was using Samba, and then both Windows and Linux > clients (via Linux's Samba Client) can connect well. But I also understand > that Linux has their own native connection way, which would not require > Samba, and eBox is also Linux. So, do we need Samba for those Linux > Machines? > > > -- > Best regards, > Steve Nadjari > +6281382755875 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.ebox-platform.com/pipermail/ebox-user/attachments/20091015/057744b3/attachment.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:15:15 +0200 > From: " Radoslav Dejanovi? " <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ebox-user] Advise on Networking Design > To: eBox users <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Steve Nadjari wrote: > > > > Can someone please kindly tell me what is the best scenario or ideas > > for my situation, of how to networked them together. I've read a > > posting with similar situation and he was using Samba, and then both > > Windows and Linux clients (via Linux's Samba Client) can connect well. > > But I also understand that Linux has their own native connection way, > > which would not require Samba, and eBox is also Linux. So, do we need > > Samba for those Linux Machines? > > Not necessarily. You probably talk about NFS > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System_(protocol)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System_%28protocol%29>) > which is > an originally Unix protocol that is still being used on Unix (and Linux) > servers. (and there are a handful of several other methods as well) > > If you're new to Unix, the best solution would be to stick to eBox and > provide Linux users with Samba shares; if you wish to use NFS, you'll > have to set it up manually; Linux clients can easily use Samba shares > (although they will have to authenticate before accessing he share, but > even that task is largely automated in popular Linux GUI-s like KDE or > Gnome). For a newcomer, it really is the best approach to keep it as > simple as possible. > > To conclude: you don't need Samba for your Linux clients, but you do > want it because eBox will provide you with a simple and straightforward > administration for all your clients, regardless of their OS. Adding more > services, if they aren't absolutely necessary, does not provide as much > benefits as potential administration headaches. If your Linux users are > Ok with Samba shares, stick to it. > > Rado > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ebox-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ebox-platform.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user > > > End of ebox-user Digest, Vol 2, Issue 5 > *************************************** >
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