>Sorry to interrupt inbetween, but I've few questions... Currently My NT server is providing me following things (which i want on linux also)
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>1. ISDN line shared by all users (Multiple users can connect at the same time and send emails, within office & outside).

Yep... built into Linux.

>2. Internet acess(browser), currently this is not avl. on my server but I want to give users limited access to the internet i.e. say I want to specify the sites which they can acess...

Yep... call a Proxy Server... you can use SQUID which is very popular.. or Apache now has a proxy aspect to it.

>3. My Foxpro applications will be installed on server and they shud be able to run it..

Nope... win aps will not run on a Linux machine... but if you mean the .EXE and data files are on the Linux server that a client accesses and runs, yes. Although there are two windows emulators for Linux, WINE and WOBBIE that may run FoxPro... I have to admit, I haven't tried it.

>4. Share files, drives, printers etc.

Yep... no problem... you can use a free product called SAMBA that makes a Linux server look like an NT server to Windows machines... you can even use it as a domain controller if you want. See www.samba.org

>5. Load common applications like MSOffice etc. so the users can run from there..

Yep... this is basically the same as 4.

>6. Dial-up Login from a remote pc...

Yep.... many ISP's use a Linux box to provide PPP connections to users. Or, you can dial in an connect with Telnet... you choice.

>Can u pls advs. whether all the abv. mentioned things are avl. on Linux...

DONE.

>Plus I don't know abt. comm, dcom etc. So I don't know whether i'll be using it or not....pls explain...

COM is a Winders thing.. but, if you want to run a com component you can set up a seperate Win/NT workstation or server to run your COM servers... also, if your COM servers crash windows you don't loose NetWork services.

>TIA

HTH...

BOb