Re: Future of Linux Question

2004-01-24 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:04:50PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why doesn't someone develop a similar protocol to Microsoft's network > neighborhood and smb for Linux. Well, all SMB does is handle network file systems and network printers. Bot

Re: Future of Linux Question

2004-01-22 Thread Todd Pytel
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:04:50 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why doesn't someone develop a similar protocol to Microsoft's network > neighborhood and smb for Linux. So when you join a NIS like system > that it will automatically authenticate you on your Linux network > with your currently logg

Re: Future of Linux Question

2004-01-22 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-22 23:04]: >Why doesn't someone develop a similar protocol to Microsoft's network >neighborhood and smb for Linux. So when you join a NIS like system that >it will automatically authenticate you on your Linux network with your >currently lo

Re: Future of Linux Question

2004-01-22 Thread Alex Malinovich
esOn Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 04:04:50PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why doesn't someone develop a similar protocol to Microsoft's network > neighborhood and smb for Linux. So when you join a NIS like system that > it will automatically authenticate you on your Linux network with your > curr

Future of Linux Question

2004-01-22 Thread David . Grudek
Why doesn't someone develop a similar protocol to Microsoft's network neighborhood and smb for Linux. So when you join a NIS like system that it will automatically authenticate you on your Linux network with your currently logged in user name and password. This way people that are accustomed