Samba is the program which makes your linux server work like a windows NT domain.
Everthing about the configuration of samba is configued with one file called. smb.conf Which is a plain text file. It takes some getting use to understanding it.. (would suggest a good samba book to really get the in's and outs of permissions etc)
However, if you don't want to mess arround with the smb.conf file yourself, samba does give you a good gui to work with, (which writes out a properly formatted smb.conf file for you.
There is also a 'web' version which can work quite nicly. called webmin
http://www.webmin.com/standard.htmlWebmin is sort of linux on training wheels for us linux newcomers. Since linux is mostly configued with configuration files like .ini files in windows getting to them, and understanding how they all work, can be a bit time consuming. Webmin can be big help..
Bob Lee
>We're getting a new File Server and we're looking at Windows 2000 Server but also considering Linux (RedHat 7.2) as a cheaper alternative. We have a few concerns about how to handle file permissions for NT4.0/Windows2000 users (so they can work with the files). We're getting the Linux from DELL (preinstalled)...but need help with permissions and also allowing Veritas Backup Exec to backup the files. Anybody want to offer some tips on this and/or direct us to resources?
In the beginning, there was a command prompt, and all was well.
