On Fri, 25 May 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote:
> This is somewhat for Bob Sparks, but I'd appreciate information from anyone.
>
> Do we have a prepared/canned presentation on using Linux as a Samba file server?
>
> I have a friend who wants to convince the people at his son's elementary
> school to use Linux as a Samba file server for the school's Window PCs.
>
> I've done that here on my home LAN, but I don't think my experience
> really translates well with what a school would need to do.
>
> Any pointers would be much appreciated.
No canned presentation. My company has done this for several schools and
lots of businesses. Works well. Security is more of an issue. That's true
irrelevant of the network OS. You just need more security in a school
perhaps even than most businesses. Mainly to keep out accidental damage,
but also intentional cracking.
There's been a couple of articles in Linux Journal, I think, on use of
Linux in schools - not just Samba, but other services. All of the schools
seem at least as interested in an internal web server and newsgroups as
file sharing.
We build our own solutions, but I've heard good things about this one
http://freshmeat.net/projects/k12admin-server/
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Dan Jenkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH
603-627-0443
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