Re: [seul-edu] windows mac network via linux

[Cameron Miller <cdmiller@adams.edu>]

I may be wrong, but my present understanding is that a domain is needed 
to use encrypted windows logins, (non clear text passwords across the 
network), when accessing the windows file server.

Multiple windows domains are indeed a big mess and best avoided in my 
opinion as well.

Back to the original question, to get the Macs to talk to the rest of 
the network just turn on IP on the macs and all should be well.  That 
requires MacOS 8.x or better I think.

- cameron

jeremy hunsinger wrote:
> maybe, but I've never tried, it has settings for putting it into a wins 
> domain, but i don't see settings for making it the domain, though you 
> could probably use dave for that.  i don't use windows domains, they are 
> too messy and for me too insecure.
> Cameron Miller wrote:
> 
>> If, however, you want to have a common authentication database, Linux 
>> and PAM with the aforementioned samba and netatalk are hard to beat. 
>> Can the windows filesharing on appleshareip 6.1 act as a windows 
>> Domain Controller?
>>
>> The Riverdale site still has a good intro to some of this stuff on the 
>> linux side:
>>
>> http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/linux/netadmin/
>>
>> - cameron
>>
>> jeremy hunsinger wrote:
>>
>>> well, not to bust the linux bubble, but if you have a mac server and 
>>> appleshareip 6.1or better for the apple server then all you have to 
>>> do is turn on windows filesharing in appleshare and you are done nt 
>>> can connect just fine.  if you don't have appleshareip then you could 
>>> also the linux route.  you could also use osx server for this....  
>>> but it is a bit pricey even for education.  other than that, macs 
>>> talk to windows clients just fine using dave, and they should have 
>>> mactcp or other networking tcp solutions already installed
>>> paul wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>  
>>>> Where I work we have a room of Apple Mac (performa I think) 
>>>> computers. Afaik We have a mac server,  the rest of the site is on 
>>>> WinNT (I think) along with NT work stations,  I think the plan is to 
>>>> get the macs to talk to the rest of the network. so they can surf 
>>>> the net or allow the users to save their work to the main server.   
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- cameron miller
- UNIX Systems Administrator
- cdmiller@adams.edu