[plug] Network Opinions

[Chris Watt]

Major reason we don't want to run a Windows Server is that it doesn't
tend to have nice long uptimes and they tend to need looking after. 
Also, I'm not being responsible for the security on such a server, as
I am just not confident in the platform at all (from experience).

In saying that, I did look at that possibility but I just can't support it.

I assume that each of the different modules you mentioned would have
tutorials/howto's online that I could access.

The servers will be running Ubuntu or some other Debian derived Linux
(if not Debian).

I plan to administer my Webmin because I can do it from home then,
rather than drive here, do work, and drive home without getting any
cash for the trouble (I'll use some ssh, etc too).

If it's not going to be too much like repeating myself, is it possible
to bug you all for a quick, concise list of what packages/apps to use
and what the things are called that allow me to do things like map the
local docs to the server docs.

Cheers Guys, I can probably do the rest of the research then and then
after that post you my troubleshooting questions.

~Chris









On 7/18/05, simon <simon at plumtek.com> wrote:
> Mark B (mark at tophits.com.au) wrote:
> >
> >     I may get alot of flame for this one, but out of experience I would
> > recommend placing either a Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 server in place to
> 
> Your reasoning is sound, except that he appears to be doing this for
> free/charity. Discounting his time to be valued at zero, a linux solution will
> be cheaper overall since the only cost to the client in this case is
> licensing.
> 
> Similar to yourself, I setup samba etc at home to service a handful of clients
> (which has now depleted to 1 Win XP box, the rest are linux). I also setup
> openldap etc for authentication. While it took me ages, and I hit several
> problems requiring considerable work/reading, if I had to do it again it would
> be much quicker.... the time after that, quicker again. At some point, Id be
> confident enough to set it up for a client for a reasonable fee for labour,
> which at that point would probably be on par with the labour costs for the
> equivalent windows solution.
> 
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