Stuart Mueller <none@none.none> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.11.13.16.00.57.333502@none.none>...
> I am looking at ways to setup a Linux only network.
>
> I want a client server model, could I install samba on a slack box and
> have samba handle all domain stuff, such as authentication of users to teh
> linux workstations, so I would not have to maintain a list of users on all
> computers? samba could then provide home directories for all users. Or is
> there a better way of having Linux as a domain server.
>
> Could samba still be my domain server if I had windows clients?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Stuart
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Have you read some of the networking howtos or one of the four linux
system administrators guides available at tldp.org.
A linx/unix network does not need Samba. Samba handles the neworking
rquirements of the windoz clients.

Walt R.