Newbie Linux Networking Question

Hi! I'm a total newbie to Linux with a little background on Windows NT
4 networking. I am looking into creating a Linux server that will
replace my Windows NT domain server for my internal network, I'll have
Linux and Windows 98 logging into it, and in the future it'll also be
a file server for the network. I have downloaded Red Hat Linux 9 as a
starting point. My question is, how do I configure the Red Hat server
to replace my NT 4 Server? What services do I have to install? I
have researched a lot of info regarding Linux networking(bind, dchp,
named, etc.) and I'm confused as to what I really need.

> Hi! I'm a total newbie to Linux with a little background on Windows NT
> 4 networking. I am looking into creating a Linux server that will
> replace my Windows NT domain server for my internal network, I'll have
> Linux and Windows 98 logging into it, and in the future it'll also be
> a file server for the network. I have downloaded Red Hat Linux 9 as a
> starting point. My question is, how do I configure the Red Hat server
> to replace my NT 4 Server? What services do I have to install? I
> have researched a lot of info regarding Linux networking(bind, dchp,
> named, etc.) and I'm confused as to what I really need.
use samba!
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork...samba-tng.html

Jeffrey Villanueva wrote:

> Hi! I'm a total newbie to Linux with a little background on Windows NT
> 4 networking. I am looking into creating a Linux server that will
> replace my Windows NT domain server for my internal network, I'll have
> Linux and Windows 98 logging into it, and in the future it'll also be
> a file server for the network. I have downloaded Red Hat Linux 9 as a
> starting point. My question is, how do I configure the Red Hat server
> to replace my NT 4 Server? What services do I have to install? I
> have researched a lot of info regarding Linux networking(bind, dchp,
> named, etc.) and I'm confused as to what I really need.

You'll need samba package (www.samba.org)

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Greets
adeon

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:37:41 -0700, Jeffrey Villanueva wrote:

> Hi! I'm a total newbie to Linux with a little background on Windows NT
> 4 networking. I am looking into creating a Linux server that will
> replace my Windows NT domain server for my internal network, I'll have
> Linux and Windows 98 logging into it, and in the future it'll also be
> a file server for the network. I have downloaded Red Hat Linux 9 as a
> starting point. My question is, how do I configure the Red Hat server
> to replace my NT 4 Server? What services do I have to install? I
> have researched a lot of info regarding Linux networking(bind, dchp,
> named, etc.) and I'm confused as to what I really need.

Well, if your replacing a PDC you will need to use Samba for
authentication, file and printer sharing. This also does roaming profiles
etc. If you need DHCP then the ISC dhcp server is good. If you want a
name server you'll need bind.

Each of these is a topic in itself - so the best place to start is with a
descent HOWTO and of course tha man pages. For more in depth info the
o'reilly books on Samba and DNS/Bind are OK.

Best of luck


Gareth Ansell

Buy Mark Minasi's book "Linux for Windows Administrators".....it will give
you the basics.


"Jeffrey Villanueva" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi! I'm a total newbie to Linux with a little background on Windows NT
> 4 networking. I am looking into creating a Linux server that will
> replace my Windows NT domain server for my internal network, I'll have
> Linux and Windows 98 logging into it, and in the future it'll also be
> a file server for the network. I have downloaded Red Hat Linux 9 as a
> starting point. My question is, how do I configure the Red Hat server
> to replace my NT 4 Server? What services do I have to install? I
> have researched a lot of info regarding Linux networking(bind, dchp,
> named, etc.) and I'm confused as to what I really need.

(E-Mail Removed) (Jeffrey Villanueva) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> Hi! I'm a total newbie to Linux with a little background on Windows NT
> 4 networking. I am looking into creating a Linux server that will
> replace my Windows NT domain server for my internal network, I'll have
> Linux and Windows 98 logging into it, and in the future it'll also be
> a file server for the network. I have downloaded Red Hat Linux 9 as a
> starting point. My question is, how do I configure the Red Hat server
> to replace my NT 4 Server? What services do I have to install? I
> have researched a lot of info regarding Linux networking(bind, dchp,
> named, etc.) and I'm confused as to what I really need.

IP Masquerade is a good starting point: http://www.e-infomax.com/ipmasq/

ss_wenny.-

In message <bliiel$gfm$(E-Mail Removed)>, lfree
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>> Hi! I'm a total newbie to Linux with a little background on Windows NT
>> 4 networking. I am looking into creating a Linux server that will
>> replace my Windows NT domain server for my internal network, I'll have
>> Linux and Windows 98 logging into it, and in the future it'll also be
>> a file server for the network. I have downloaded Red Hat Linux 9 as a
>> starting point. My question is, how do I configure the Red Hat server
>> to replace my NT 4 Server? What services do I have to install? I
>> have researched a lot of info regarding Linux networking(bind, dchp,
>> named, etc.) and I'm confused as to what I really need.
>use samba!
>http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork...samba-tng.html

You'll also need to run a cron job every few hours to simulate a crash,
unlike Windoze, Linux won't do it on its own. <g>
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Mike

>>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey Villanueva <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

Jeffrey> Hi! I'm a total newbie to Linux with a little background
Jeffrey> on Windows NT 4 networking. I am looking into creating a
Jeffrey> Linux server that will replace my Windows NT domain
Jeffrey> server for my internal network, I'll have Linux and
Jeffrey> Windows 98 logging into it, and in the future it'll also
Jeffrey> be a file server for the network. I have downloaded Red
Jeffrey> Hat Linux 9 as a starting point. My question is, how do
Jeffrey> I configure the Red Hat server to replace my NT 4 Server?
Jeffrey> What services do I have to install? I have researched a
Jeffrey> lot of info regarding Linux networking(bind, dchp, named,
Jeffrey> etc.) and I'm confused as to what I really need.

the "linux network administrator's guide" by olaf kirch, which i
believe is still available in online format but is a good purchase.
samba for shares and domain control, as others have mentioned. if you
are not familiar with linux or unix, a general book on linux like matt
welsh's "running linux" might be useful, too. "unix in a nutshell" or
"linux in a nutshell" is an invaluable command and configuration
reference.

you probably do not need to run bind. there is a package called
dnsmasq available at freshmeat (http://freshmeat.net) which purports
to act as a "lightweight" dns system for small networks. i've looked
at it but not implemented it. might be worth a look. i maintain a
small network, static internal ip & dynamic dsl external, 9 machines,
with just hosts files. it does get annoying if you move machines
around on your network and have to update all those hosts files. i
use dyndns.org for the external address and a python script i got from
there (ipcheck) to maintain the dns lookup.

i find windows networking really unstable but that could be just me.
for example, from my xp box i can print to my print server (linux) but
in the printers applet in control panel it lists the printer as
"unable to connect." frequently, i can ping a box but not connect a
mapped drive to it without some mumbojumbo.

i'm happy with samba and my linux print server, though. i run vnc to
link to the win boxen when i have to do something there on the
desktops, it mostly works fine though sometimes a bit slow.

mp

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