On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:36:41PM -0000, John McCabe wrote:
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Very good idea and looking good so far. We're a sixth form college and are using linux/squid/apache/ipchains for the obvious firewalling, proxy and web serving. We're basically an NT/Windows shop cos that's the market we're aiming at - basic skills and Adult basic skills.
I think there are a number of basic content areas that need to be addressed rapidly. We're looking at NFS to parcel out home areas on servers, authentication via an NT user database for controlling and logging web access, programming at Gnome ( :)> sorry ), mail behind a firewall - done with an NT solution, now looking at postfix or similar with access to NT database.
Why do you want to use a NT database? Surely if you've got squid and mail etc running on linux it makes more sense to use something like MySQL running on the same platform. I know you can hook-up qmail to MySQL - have a look at www.qmail.org For logging web access: http://yasd.dhs.org/en/apachedb.php3 looks interesting (Disclaimer: haven't used it)
As should be clear, there are going to be a range of skills. A simple ipchains/squid box is almost off the shelf these days. Locking into NT is still a black art and Samba TNG is still not quite there. We're also facing the 2.4 kernel with implications for proxying, NAT and firewalls. These areas demand something more than basic skills.
Doesn't NT work OK with standard Samba? It seems to on this box. I understand W2K with it's proprietry extensions is a problem though - one good reason not to use it. 2.4 - do you really need it at the moment? If not you might aswell stick with what you're familar with. To get back on topic with regards a Schools FAQ or similar the following might be a useful link to put in it: http://www.linuxcare.com/viewpoints/article/04-19-00.epl as it documents Windows apps/protocols and their open source counterparts/replacements. <snip> -- Frank *-------*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-------* | Boroughbridge | Tel: 01423 323019 | PGP keyID: 0xC0B341A3 | *-------*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-----*-------* http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/