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Re: Linux to replace WinNT machine?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt White)
Fri Mar 29 18:11:23 1996
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 14:02:29 -0600 (CST)
From: Matt White <whitem@arts.usask.ca>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
cc: Gustav Gurre Kalvesten <a94guska@ida.his.se>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960329113003.7337D-100000@honey>
On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Thomas Pawlikaniec wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Gustav Gurre Kalvesten wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wonder if the current Linux would be able to replace a Windows Nt 3.51
> > server? It acts today mainly as a printer server for WfW 3.11 and MacOS
> > machines. The printers are HP Deskjet 1200C with builtin Ethernet. How
> > does Linux handla that?
>
> Yes, it can for WfW. I dunno how MacOS communicates with NT, depending on
> the protocol(s) it might be doable too.
NT speaks EtherTalk to deal with macs. You need CAP or NetATalk to let
your linux box talk to them.
For NetAtalk, see
http://artoo.hitchcock.org/~flowerpt/projects/linux-netatalk/
The main site for CAP is
munnari.oz.au:/pub/mac
The current patch level (unless something has come out recently) is 196.
IMHO, CAP has more features (it's what we use), but NetATalk is MUCH
faster, and is getting better. CAP has the big advantage of being able
to authenticate printing (ie. you can't print to a spooled printer unless
you have mounted a volume from the server, thereby authenticating
yourself to it).
There is a list dedicated to discussion of AppleTalk on Linux. To
subscribe, send a message to 'listserv@netspace.org' with a body of
subscribe linux-atalk <name>
> For WfW, the answer is simple: Samba :-)
> See: http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/samba.html
Agreed - Samba is great!
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