On Jan 21, 2004, at 9:09 PM, Dustin Puryear wrote: > They are now giving away Windows Services for UNIX. It used to work > like the > RK I think. You pay around $100 and you essentially get a site > license. Now > it's free. Should be interesting. > > http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/41498/Windows_41498.html > > If you have never looked at this before, it allows a Windows server to > do > everything from serve as an NIS master server to offering out network > shares > using NFS.
One problem.... I don't want my windows machines offering services to my UNIX machines. I want it the other way around! I want my windows machines to authenticate against NIS, LDAP, etc. etc. I think it is strange that M$ is giving something away.... Perhaps no one was buying it because of reasons like the one above? > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Shannon Roddy LIGO - Caltech 225.686.3106 (work) 225.933.7821 (cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
