[KLUG Members] Apple OSX Server

[Rusty Yonkers]

Does a Linux server support Apple file namespace??  If they have Macs
already then that can be a big issue!!  If you lose the resource fork
in the name when it is saved then that gets to be a really big
problem on a Mac.  They do not use extensions to determine filetypes
like Windows boxes do.....


--- "Anthony G. Mattas" <anthony.mattas at ynettechnologies.com> wrote:

> IMO if you are going for offsite access I would go with a linux
> based
> server, as far as directory administration you could use a software
> package
> such as webmin even if your looking for ease of use. And plus there
> is much
> better multi platform compatibility with the linux server, using
> samba for
> it to be a PDC, etc. Granted some of these services will run on
> OSX, they do
> not run as smoothly as they do on linux.
> 
> I mean in most situations wouldn't it be nice to have the users
> home
> directory on windows, be the same as their FTP jail? And with it
> not taking
> much effort?
> 
> Just my two cents.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-bounces at kalamazoolinux.org
> [mailto:members-bounces at kalamazoolinux.org] On Behalf Of Tony
> Gettig
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 12:19 PM
> To: The main KLUG mailing list.
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Apple OSX Server
> 
> On 1/23/06 11:54 AM, "Adam Tauno Williams" <adam at morrison-ind.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >> http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/
> >> Has anyone on the list used this? The feature set looks fairly
> complete.
> >> Even filesystem ACL's...cool.
> > 
> ...
> > 
> > Personally I'd consider one as my file/IMAP/SMTP server
> > (straight-forward config, not really performance intensive) but
> for my
> > other services squid/dns/ldap, etc... I'd stick with SuSe.
> 
> That's actually more what I was thinking, except their directory
> looks like
> it might meet our needs here too. In addition to staff, I
> (potentially) have
> an army of people that may benefit from access to network resources
> (>200).
> For example, giving an email account and access to a private
> website for all
> the volunteers in the childcare areas. They won't be logging in
> everyday
> onsite, but rather more web based from the outside. The directory
> administration on this looks pretty straightforward, which is
> appealing.
> 
> I definitely want to put squid and other services like it on a
> separate
> server.
> 
> We currently have a W2K server that I am not convinced is setup
> optimally.
> It's old and will be transitioned out by fall (hopefully sooner). I
> was
> leaning towards doing this with SuSE, but the Apple offering looked
> pretty
> good.
> 
> 
> TG
> 
> 
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Russell C. Yonkers Jr. 
CNE, MCSA, A+, CCNA, Linux+, Server+, Network+, Security+ certified
-----------------------------------------
Currently using SuSE 10, Mac OS X, Windows 2000, and WinXP 
And yes I run a network at home with Linux and Windows servers

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