[Gllug] Advice on which flavour of Linux to use as a server

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 24 Jul, Ted Bell wrote:
> 
> Hi, hope it is ok to continue this thread.
> I have purchased SME from the emporium. For some reason neither Win2k or WinME 
> see the server when connected via the ethernet switch. I have also tried 
> logging on with slackware but for some reason slackware cannot see the 
> working network card on this (client) machine.
> 
> Do I need a client under Windows? In my Novell days I used to load their 
> client for windows to get over networking problems! I had assumed from the 
> help files that I jneded to run client for windows.
> 
> The only help (if you can call it help) from Mr Gates mob was to load service 
> pack three. Unfortunatly that caused several other problems such as loosing 
> all my Windows applications and my dial up connections, same old story.
> 
> Also, is there any way of polling the network card from within 
> Linux/KDE/Gnome? A graphic solution would be prefered.
> 

   The M$ machines must have TCP/IP running   You need to set up either a
DNS system or at least /etc/hosts on the Linux boxes, also /etc/hosts.deny
and /etc/hosts.allow (see man access) and perhaps dhcp.
   The standard application for communication with M$ is samba, together
with nmbd to provide NetBIOS nameserver support. Samba passwords are entered
and saved separate from standard Linux passwords.
   See the SMB-HOWTO normally supplied with distributions, which may be in
/usr/share/doc or /usr/doc, otherwise you will find plenty of documentation,
with Guides, HOWTOs, and Mini-HOWTOs at The Linux Documentation Project,

http://www.tldp.org

   To check the state of the Linux machine's network interfaces type
ifconfig <return>

-- 
Chris Bell


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