SAMBA will handle all the Windows access requests and is effectively a full Windows Domain controller so you can permit or deny access to the shares from any Windows based system, it can control print services, and Windows login accounts too - most Windows users will never know that they're not running on a Windows box. The web site is here - http://www.samba.org - however, I do wonder if you really *need* all of this for a home based network... but if you do, it works well, giving you full control over who has access to what.
Edmund Cramp -- If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished! -----Original Message----- From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Fruchey Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:33 PM To: general at brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Login server? I meant that I wanted Windows and Linux users to both be able to log in. How do I accomplish that? On 7/9/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote: > The only thing I saw missing from the other replies was in re: to "and > Linux users." What did you mean by that? > > -- > Puryear IT, LLC > Identity Management, Directory Services, Systems Integration Baton > Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 * http://www.puryear-it.com > > "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/ebooks/linux-unix-best-practices > > > Joe Fruchey wrote: > > Okay, guys, bear with me because I've never messed with anything > > like this before. > > > > I'd like to set up a server that will process user logins and map > > network drives to user folders on the server. I know Windows can do > > it, but surely we can do something like this with Linux, right? > > > > I'd want it to process logins from Windows and Linux users. (I'm > > saying 'users' like it's all big and bad, when in reality, I'm > > talking about three or four users--this is for home.) > > > > Like I said, I have no experience and no nothing about how something > > like this would work. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Joe > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
