name all the uses for samba

[Mike Maltese]

It can also function as a NT PDC. I believe Samba 3.0 will also be able to
assume the role of Win2K member server.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vulpes Velox" <kitbsdlists at HotPOP.com>
To: "Dragoncrest" <dragoncrest at voyager.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: name all the uses for samba


> On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 01:07:50 -0400
> Dragoncrest <dragoncrest at voyager.net> wrote:
>
> > Ok, I've gotta convince my boss to switch from windows 2000 to freebsd
for
> > all our internal needs.  So far I've half convinced him, but I've hit a
> > snag.  I know that Samba can be used for a lot of things, and I'm trying
to
> > tell him all the things that Samba will do, but I can't think of many.
Can
> > you guys name all the uses for samba?  I've already talked him into
> > replacing our windows firewall, mail and other basic servers with
freebsd,
> > but we've still got a couple of domain servers to get rid of and I know
> > that Samba can replace them as well.  Can you guys help me out here?
Maybe
> > toss in a little TCO jargon so that he sees it both from a technical
side
> > as well as what matters most ot him.  Money.  THanks!!
>
>
> Samba...
> 1: Printer sharing
> 2: file sharing/network drive
>
> Since you are asking this, I would really suggest holding off awhile befor
> pushing for it. I would suggest toying around with it, learning it, and
then
> pushing it.
>
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