On Thursday 20 February 2003 10:33, Yehuda Drori wrote:
Eli , Iftach... I've put a review with a link to SMB.CONF file to help you with the definitions.. http://whatsup.org.il/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=46 others are welcome to criticize and add comments -- Yehuda Drori http://whatsup.org.il your Linux spot on the web in HEBREW > On Thursday 20 February 2003 09:56, Eli Segal wrote: > > no, it been used as a file server no more .... > > I've made the same move few months ago at my work place. > > I had novell 4. that was working ( as long as there was elec. ) until some > hardware failure that caused it to shut down unexpectedly... > > that was a sign to move to some thing new.. > > the options were newer ver. of novell , M$ server, or LINUX... ;-) > > since I used the server mainly as file-server that wasn't a doubt that > SAMBA will do the work. the prob. was with some accountings programs that > used Novell auth. to work ( none needed a btrive DB running on that server > ) > > when I finely got the new server ( IBM eSERVER X220 ) I plugged it in to > the local net and used a third ( M$ 98 ) station to transfer files from the > old server the then new one.. > > after setting new auth to each user group on each share and pronouncing the > new server as PDC and writing startup script to each user so it's shares > will be mounted auto. on login my work was done. > > over all performance are better ( I can point if it is due to Linux since > the hardware is much newer ) but I must say that configuring and > maintaining the system is much more easier now ( I can do it from home via > SSH ) and stability is great..;-) > > OS RedHat 7.3 > samba ver. 2.2.7 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Meir Kriheli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Hetz Ben-Hamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Eli Segal" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Linux-IL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 6:42 PM > > Subject: Re: from novell to samba > > > > > On Wednesday 19 February 2003 13:55, Hetz Ben-Hamo wrote: > > > > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:18:26 +0200, Eli Segal wrote > > > > > > > > > We have at our firm, two novell server which serve as > > > > > file server, printers managment, and users/passwords manager > > > > > > > > Which Novell version? 3.x? 4.x? 5.x? the answer is different for each > > > > one > > > > > > of them... > > > > > > > > > I want to change those servers into linux > > > > > Is samba is all I need ? > > > > > > > > You mean "migrate"... > > > > > > > > You'll need to run a Linux server, and connect it somehow to the > > > > Novell machine (thats why I asked you which version). If it's Novell > > > > 3.x, then there is a Linux client which can talk to you Novell server > > > > and authenticate against it. It's not very complicated. > > > > > > > > If it's Novell 4.x or 5.x, then you'll need to find a Novell client > > > > for Linux, authenticate, and move the data. > > > > > > > > You should consider a way to authenticate the Windows users on Linux > > > > with > > > > > > some LDAP or so... > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Hetz > > > > > > One more to check out: are there legacy apps using server side btrieve > > > (usually magic apps). If that is the case, they should switch to local > > > btrieve client instead of relying on server functionality. > > > -- > > > Meir Kriheli > > > MKsoft systems > > > http://www.mksoft.co.il > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
