RE: About networks with windows and linux

[Bill Farrell <billfarr ages com>]

Hi Eagle:

Yup--it's more than possible;  I'm doing it.  I have a network that spans
three offices;  one in Wilton Manors, FL, one in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and
one in Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands.  In this network we have 3
NT domains (3 PDC's) and about 22 Linux servers.  Everyone talks to everyone
else by virtue of telnet and Samba.  Linux servers are politely sharing
drives for the Windoze workstations, and are also accessible by telnet
(behind the firewall, of course, through the secure VPN between the
offices).

If I look in my Net'Hood, I can see all of the Linux servers nicely
pretending to be NT Servers (as far as Windoze is concerned).  Drag'n'drop
publishing is VERY nice when you're keeping up with a hundred-plus web
sites.

If you want to see your Linux desktops from Windoze workstations, might I
suggest VNC, a sort-of PCAnywhere (minus the crashing, I've noticed) freely
available from http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/. Someone else on this
list suggested it (thanks for the tip, Matt!), and it's working out quite
nicely.

It takes a bit of planning to make your network look the way you want it.
There are a few security issues to address, but nothing requires late-nights
and cartons of cigs to get through.  READ first.  May I suggest
http://www.samba.org for some on-the-loo reading :-)

Samba is a bit intimidating at first because it has so many options.  Don't
panic--you only need a few basic ones (mostly what's already in the default
smb.conf file--just edit your values in).  It doesn't take very long to get
the hang of it.  There are a lot of really nice folks on this list who've
been through this same scenario and are willing to help.

It's a beautiful thing when networks work together.

Best of luck,
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: eagle [mailto:eagle mantrafreenet com]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:23 AM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: About networks with windows and linux


Hello!
I have a doubt hope you guys can help me out.
I am about install linux in a system which is going to be my server .
Through telnet all the clients (windows ) are going to communicate it.
Is it possible to have all the facilities( like Xwindows) to be made 
available to them or do they have to do rlogin.
I wanted in future to that the internet access be made through the linux 
serevr
The other network is of WindowsNT 4.0  and I want such that if a person 
logs into the network he must be able to communicate with both NT and 
the linux server and avail the facilities provided by them. Hope this is 
possible.
BTW I have Redhat 7.0 installed in the server.
I checked that the machines were communicating i.e, the clients( with 
windows98 SE as os) logged into the NT network are communicating through 
the telnet to the linux server but couldnt check for the Xwindows cause 
it was not installed in the server rather coudnt get it installed . 
It(the linux server) had 810chipset, 600celeron processor,  1MB shared 
vga card inbuilt into the board . It (Xwindows ) was not getting 
installled . Any way I have installed sis6326 so that it should work now.

thanking in advance .
eagle
^_^



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