[KLUG Members] netware and samba

[Rusty Yonkers]

I have not had much time to play around with the whole Novell set
that I got.  I do know that I have always enjoyed Novells products. 
They are rock solid for the most part.  The file system and the
Novell approch to security is second to none IMHO.  I think that the
NDS directory service cannot be beat either, and I work with ADS also
(it kinda blows - AD that is).

As far as Samba, I have not done a lot with it but I guess the
biggest thing would be management of users on the system.  I would
think that speed would be comparable between the two probably.  I am
not sure what Novell is doing as far as method to access the server,
if you still need a Novell client on the workstation.  

My big project currently is to get RADIUS working on my firewall at
home so that I can put it in at work.  After that I might try to
implement the Novell stuff.  It may have to wait till 2005 though
since I am currently finishing my bachelors.


--- Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:

> > How does Samba compare with NetWare in terms of efficiency in its
> file and
> > print server?
> 
> This question is too vague to have any real meaning.
> 
> What Novell does offer (and will on Linux) is integration between
> the
> file system and the directory service - which nothing else does
> (not
> even ADS on NT).
> 
> But if you want ACLs, LDAP authentication, blah blah; then Samba
> does
> that when used with a filesystem like XFS.
> 
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Russell C. Yonkers Jr. 
CNE, MCP, A+, CCNA, Linux+, Server+, Network+ certified
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Currently using SuSE 9, Mac OS X, Windows 2000, and WinXP 
And yes I run a network at home with Linux and Windows servers
See my personal website http://www.geocities.com/therustycook
Or my consulting site at http://www.atomicsupergeek.com


	
		
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