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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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