Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you want to restrict what programs the user can run/install, samba could minimize this if you restricted access to any folders on your file/archive server which contain the applications. A good firewall, running Squid AND SquidGuard, could prevent them from downloading programs, as it can be configured to restrict/deny the ability to download. That's exactly what I'm using it for on 2 of my firewalls. But I don't believe that samba or any other Linux-based program can prevent a windows98 PC from running a program that is currently installed on that Windows98 client. Besides, any program that cold prevent it, could easily be circumvented by users downoading a password crack . We tried using about 5 or 6 "Security" programs for Windows, and they were useless. As soon as someone downloaded a cracker program, all security on the Windows98 clients was compromised. After setting up Mandrake SNF, I cheerily set up Squid and SquidGuard, and voila! The downloads stopped, therefore the password cracks stopped. The only other option would be a Thin-Client network, where all programs are contained on, and run from the server, thus giving you absolute control over what they can/can't do on the Clients. Lanman On Sunday 16 September 2001 11:49 am, you wrote: > hi, > > as well as authenticating users, can samba be used to restrict what > programs users can run or install on win clients, i'm thinking win98SE > clients but if there is a difference with other win clients i would be > interested to know? > > bascule ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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