I believe this all depends on what you are using the Win2k Server box for. If the server houses user data, a web site/server, a ftp site/server or something to that effect and you need your windows clients to access this data, you can setup the Linux box as an intermediary.
For instance, say there is user data (My Documents, Favorites, Outlook mailbox) on the Win2k server. Generally with Win2k Server, you get so many client licenses, either xx simultaneos connections or xx many users/computers connecting. If you setup sharing of the directories on the Win2k Server with user authentication and then are able to mount those directories with Samba, NFS, etc. under /home/user/windowsdata/mydocuments or /home/user/windowsdata/favorites then the windows PC's will also be able to login to the samba/linux server and have access to those directories. Now, if you need to run applications directly from the server or need "windows only" things done, I don't know if I can help you there, besides telling you to look at your apps and seeing if they will all run off of Linux. Then just keep your win clients but ditch the server. Chad Quoting Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kevin Old wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I'm not worried about Linux. I'm a linux nut > and have been working with it for years. I'm worried about Windows. > > > > For instance, a client machine requests something from the Win2k box. > > The request is received at the Linux box. > > The Linux box passes and receives the request to the Win2k box. > > The Linux box returns the data to the client machine. > > > > Given this senario, do I need client licenses for the Win2k Server if > they are not going to be directly connecting to the Win2k box. > > You might need a lawyer, but my guess is yes, you will need client > licenses. You'll have to read the (relevant) Windows licenses very > carefully. There might be a loophole in a chain of reasoning that > tries to say there is only one client of the Windows box, it is the Linux > box all the other clients are clients of the Linux box, but *Microsoft* > and *loophole* don't go together. > > Randy Kramer > >
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