From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 4 13:38:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B6CD37B404 for ; Sun, 4 May 2003 13:38:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05C0F43FE1 for ; Sun, 4 May 2003 13:38:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h44KcjOg023623; Sun, 4 May 2003 16:38:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h44Kcj5p023622; Sun, 4 May 2003 16:38:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200305042038.h44Kcj5p023622@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: romero3000@mydomain.com Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 16:38:45 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <3444.192.168.1.7.1052073110.squirrel@mail.romero3000.com> from "romero3000@mydomain.com" at May 04, 2003 02:31:50 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: opinions on Samba X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 20:38:49 -0000 > > Is Samba as a viable as a complete replacement for Windows NT filesharing > in networks under 100 users. Or is it better suited for situations where > there is already a unix server in the network that needs to share files > with nt boxes?? I've implemented it a few times in small networks under > 50 users as a quick fix but now my company is thinking about pitching it > clients as a small business file and print sharing solution. Do you think > that's a viable solution??? Well, we have something like 50,000-60,000 Samba users here and most of them don't even know it (all the campus PCs have locally built boot proms and boot code that connects them automatically when they log in with their campus id). ////jerry