Keith, Just one more thing: You can also set up an IMAP server for emails, if your school does that; I suggest Cyrus 2.1. "Roaming Profiles" can be achieved by having the "/home" directory on them mapped to the server. (Map it in the /etc/fstab using smbfs). If you go the full Linux route, you can still use smbfs and samba, or you can use Coda (coda.cs.cmu.edu), which is an advanced network file system, meaning that there is also more than sufficient support for your laptops as well. It also supports a bunch of other stuff; Well worth it if you intend to do this during the summer holidays :)
Good luck! :) Michael van der Kolff A Perfect PC Gymea, Sydney, Australia On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 00:11, Keith Spencer wrote: > Hi all, > I am trying to get off the M$ roundabout. Bill has earnt more than > enough from us! > Is is possible to keep my Win2k domain and replace the > workstations with Mandrake? ATM I have win2k workstations so > the replacements would need to somehow support "roaming > profiles" whatever that means in Linux or some solution like it. > They would also have to authenticate with the Win2k server and > connect to shared volumes there. > Is any/all of this possible? or am I really barking up the wrong tree > and am stuck with M$ > We have 200 + school computers to fool with. Any school ever > done it? > Thanks in advance > Keith > Keith Spencer > IT coordinator > St Margaret Marys College > Townsville North QLD Australia > http:\\www.smmc.qld.edu.au > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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