Hi,
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, R.S.Fenwick wrote:
> Myself and the technician for a school in Northumberland, UK, are
> thinking of dumping our OS/2 network server in favour of Linux.
I'd say: go for it!
> How easy is it to make a set of standalone Win95 workstations log on
> to the linux server as a domain, say 'susesnet', like we currently use
> 'rmnet', and then automagically give them access permissions to their
> folder only, say for example user 'STUDENT0004' has a folder on the
> server called N:\student0004. They also have access to the folders
> which have the applications in to launch them. But they don't have
> access to the admin folder, or other users.
The Samba documentation explains this in depth, especially "Win95.txt"
under /usr/doc/packages/samba.
> Basically, what I'm asking is - is it possible to make our linux
> server appear in Network Neighborhood after a user has logged on? Or
> is there a way to allow user STUDENT0004 to access a PATH of
> //susenet/student0004, like we currently use shares?
Yes, sure it is.
> Bottom line: How easy is it to make Suse and Samba act as a
> fileserver for 600 kids?
600 concurrent users or all together? If the machine is fast enough, that
shouldn't be a problem. It might be a bit tedious to add all the
accounts...
Bye,
LenZ
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