Re: [Samba] Which distribution to rollout
I have some reservations about fedora - I just dont know how stable it is for a production server (our services are mainly samba/ldap/ntp/ssh/rsync/clamav) - we have about 15 samba servers in production currently. RHEL - well - the cost is a factor gentoo - takes to long to deploy Mandrake 10? What are some of the samba users recommendations? SuSe. Inexpensive and pretty much gauranteed not to be dropped. We are just using the ordinary Pro version, it works very will. Still does all the normal RPM based management, and Red Carpet supports it. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Which distribution to rollout
i had the same situation here. i happened to be running RH (7.2) servers and addressing vulnerabilities started to become an issue. i went the fedora route with few problems, most of my own making. the upgrades went relatively smoothly. initial issues dealt with the upgrade picking up an old config file for a nic on one server and causing my wins server to not be able to find the server, causing domain login problems, and minor differences between older versions of samba and samba 3.0. fedora stability has not been an issue here. all they do is run, and run, and run . stuart - Original Message - From: Chris McKeever [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:44 AM Subject: [Samba] Which distribution to rollout we are running an older version of RH (7.3) - and I am getting concerned that I may need to migrate off of it - but I dont know what I should move to. Trying to formulate ideas before it becomes a 'got to do it now' scenario. I have some reservations about fedora - I just dont know how stable it is for a production server (our services are mainly samba/ldap/ntp/ssh/rsync/clamav) - we have about 15 samba servers in production currently. RHEL - well - the cost is a factor gentoo - takes to long to deploy Mandrake 10? What are some of the samba users recommendations? thanks -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Which distribution to rollout
Hi, i myself have running large setups with suse 9, but debian ( the new comes now up ) is always a good choice Regards Chris McKeever schrieb: we are running an older version of RH (7.3) - and I am getting concerned that I may need to migrate off of it - but I dont know what I should move to. Trying to formulate ideas before it becomes a 'got to do it now' scenario. I have some reservations about fedora - I just dont know how stable it is for a production server (our services are mainly samba/ldap/ntp/ssh/rsync/clamav) - we have about 15 samba servers in production currently. RHEL - well - the cost is a factor gentoo - takes to long to deploy Mandrake 10? What are some of the samba users recommendations? thanks -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Which distribution to rollout
I run Samba on OpenBSD. It isn't Linux, but it is free and works very well. It also isn't likely to go away or move to a less stable development any time soon. On Thursday 23 September 2004 09:44 am, Chris McKeever wrote: we are running an older version of RH (7.3) - and I am getting concerned that I may need to migrate off of it - but I dont know what I should move to. Trying to formulate ideas before it becomes a 'got to do it now' scenario. I have some reservations about fedora - I just dont know how stable it is for a production server (our services are mainly samba/ldap/ntp/ssh/rsync/clamav) - we have about 15 samba servers in production currently. RHEL - well - the cost is a factor gentoo - takes to long to deploy Mandrake 10? What are some of the samba users recommendations? thanks -- Dan Ramaley Digital Media Library Specialist (515) 271-1934 Cowles Library 140, Drake University -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Which distribution to rollout
Daniel Ramaley wrote: I run Samba on OpenBSD. It isn't Linux, but it is free and works very well. It also isn't likely to go away or move to a less stable development any time soon. On Thursday 23 September 2004 09:44 am, Chris McKeever wrote: we are running an older version of RH (7.3) - and I am getting concerned that I may need to migrate off of it - but I dont know what I should move to. Trying to formulate ideas before it becomes a 'got to do it now' scenario. I have some reservations about fedora - I just dont know how stable it is for a production server (our services are mainly samba/ldap/ntp/ssh/rsync/clamav) - we have about 15 samba servers in production currently. RHEL - well - the cost is a factor gentoo - takes to long to deploy Mandrake 10? What are some of the samba users recommendations? thanks I think to some degree it depends on what your implimentation of samba is like...As in are you doing relatively simple file sharing or are you making use of all the bells and whistles available (winbind, kerberos integration, etc.). If you have a relatively simple configuration and this is in a production environment then shell out the money for RHEL or Suse (trying not to be too biased) and enjoy being on a relatively stable unchanging and *supported* OS. If your configuration is more complex then you probably want to avoid those platforms as they try to update very infrequently. Samba tends to be in a constant state of change and of course it has to deal with reacting to whatever Microsoft decides to do...for simple configurations this doesn't tend to matter, but if you're using some of the more powerful features of Samba then you probably have to look forward to having to upgrade on a regular basis. In that case you should probably go with whatever is free and comfortable for you to use. Christian -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Which distribution to rollout
On Thursday 23 September 2004 10:44 am, Chris McKeever wrote: gentoo - takes to long to deploy I had been using SuSE for servers, still have 3 running version 7.3 but my 6 most recent server installs have been Gentoo. I actually find them (the Gentoo servers) much easier to maintain and keep up-to-date. Deployment on server grade hardware with no X is really pretty quick. Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Which distribution to rollout
A good point. I currently have three OpenBSD Samba servers that i administer. Two are fairly simple, just doing file and printer sharing to a workgroup. The other is a member of an Active Directory domain. Right now it is just doing file sharing, but it had to be tied in with Kerberos and everything else necessary to make Active Directory happy. I think to some degree it depends on what your implimentation of samba is like...As in are you doing relatively simple file sharing or are you making use of all the bells and whistles available (winbind, kerberos integration, etc.). If you have a relatively simple configuration and this is in a production environment then shell out the money for RHEL or Suse (trying not to be too biased) and enjoy being on a relatively stable unchanging and *supported* OS. If your configuration is more complex then you probably want to avoid those platforms as they try to update very infrequently. Samba tends to be in a constant state of change and of course it has to deal with reacting to whatever Microsoft decides to do...for simple configurations this doesn't tend to matter, but if you're using some of the more powerful features of Samba then you probably have to look forward to having to upgrade on a regular basis. In that case you should probably go with whatever is free and comfortable for you to use. Christian -- Dan Ramaley Digital Media Library Specialist (515) 271-1934 Cowles Library 140, Drake University -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
