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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Microsoft's Services for Unix
- From: Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 16:15:12 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20040302161510.7803.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--- Joe <work@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
Hello, Joe.
> We're tied to a Windows 2000 domain controller due to extensive Citrix
> use.
> I've downloaded Microsoft's Services For Unix which claims to make the
> Windows Domain controller into a NIS and NFS server which sounds good,
> has
> anyone used this before?
You're kidding, right? Just use Linux, since that has native support for
NIS/YP and NFS. Plus, if you use Samba then it is a piece of cake to make
that Linux machine act as a PDC.
-- Thomas Adam
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> Hello,
Hello, Joe.
> We're tied to a Windows 2000 domain controller due to extensive Citrix
> use.
> I've downloaded Microsoft's Services For Unix which claims to make the
> Windows Domain controller into a NIS and NFS server which sounds good,
> has
> anyone used this before?
You're kidding, right? Just use Linux, since that has native support for
NIS/YP and NFS. Plus, if you use Samba then it is a piece of cake to make
that Linux machine act as a PDC.
-- Thomas Adam
=====
"The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net
"TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net
"<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish
you for all of them at once when you get better. The
experience will probably kill you. :)"
-- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor)
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