> Dieselhead wrote: > picked up a dell 2650 with a fresh install of fedora. > Anybody familiar with this OS for a server?
Fedora is a distribution of Linux. Formerly RedHat. > I am wondering if it has something like AD group policies > similar to M$ Server 2000/2003/2008. If so, I can learn to > use it. Otherwise I can put 2003R2 on it. Can't comment on the comparison to MSWin - I'm pretty clueless there. But by default it will at least have the EXT user/group/other with read/write/execute. > Its intended use will be data storage for a small business > with 4 or 5 computers (XP) and same number of users. > Fortunately none of the computers I have looked at so far are > Wissta. It should be a fine Samba server... > I would like to use the GPOs to redirect the users' "My > Documents" to the server, among other things. (such as > severely restricting what users can do.) Whew! To much MSWin-speak for me to follow. Sorry I can't guide you further. But I have heard Linux with Samba is better a serving MS shares than a MSWin server. -- Philip _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
