Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:00:53 +0100 (BST) From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Feasibility as Enterprise Server Message-ID: <199806251100.MAA10075@hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <132273483@toto.iv>
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Johann Visagie said: >Hi Glen, > >On Wed, 24 Jun 1998 at 09:54 SAT, GLEN.W.MANN@monsanto.com wrote: > >> 1) Client Connectivity - we will have DOS clients, as well as WfW, >> Win95, NT, and perhaps even MAC. WfW, Win95, and NT are easy. What >> about DOS and MAC? Should I use NFS or Samba? > >As you say, the SMB-enabled OSes are easy, using Samba. For DOS boxes and >Macs to access files (using whichever method) you'll probably need >(commercial) third party software. This is the sort of problem you don't >have with (say) Netware. FreeBSD has Netatalk (a free Appletalk implementation) that will keep your Macs happy. We also do IPX, so I guess you can be a Netware server as well. Maybe you could use that for the DOS boxen? HTH, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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