From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 23 11:43:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C02EC15562 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 11:43:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 14:43:19 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105ACD@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Roy Bettle' , Clarence Chan , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD with UPS, anti-virus and Backup Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 14:45:33 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Only if you want shoddy security. Samba does require you to keep a separate password file for samba to use encrypted passwords, but it DOES work with encrypted passwords. If this is not a security issue, then enabled plain text passwords for convenience sake. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Roy Bettle [SMTP:rbettle@criterion-group.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 3:45 AM > To: Clarence Chan; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: FreeBSD with UPS, anti-virus and Backup > > One thing about using SMB (Samba) and Windows 98 - you have to enable > plain text > passwords in Win98 to allow your users to connect to your SMB shares. SMB > requires plain text passwords and Windows 98 now sends encrypted text > passwords > (win95 sent plain text passwords). > > Look over the file "network.txt" in your "c:\windows" directory on a Win98 > box > for how this is done. > > RAB > > Clarence Chan wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Thank you so much, I will try to look for BRU in the ports. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Chan > > > > >From: Roy Bettle > > >To: Clarence Chan , > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > >Subject: Re: FreeBSD with UPS, anti-virus and Backup > > >Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:00:02 -0700 > > > > > >Clarence; > > > > > >Good evening. As to the management of your APC SmartUPS, "PowerChute" > is > > >available for UNIX which should run just fine on your FreeBSD box. > > > > > >Don't know about the anti-virus part, however if you configure the > > >workstations' anti-virus packages to scan their respective SMB (Samba) > > >shares, > > >you should be able to adequately address this issue. > > > > > >As to your back-up question, check out BRU (comes with FreeBSD in the > ports > > >collection I believe). We use BRU on our FreeBSD and Linux boxes and > find > > >it > > >works flawlessly. > > > > > >Hope it helps! > > > > > >RAB > > > > > > > > >Clarence Chan wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I wish to use FreeBSD and Samba and my File and Print server, I'm > > >switching > > > > from Netware 4.11, as I think FreeBSD is so much better. > > > > > > > > 1) I wish to know if there is any UPS solution for FreeBSD(I already > > >have a > > > > APC UPS hardware), is there any FREE UPS software to work with it? > > > > > > > > 2)Is there any anti-virus for FreeBSD to scan for DOS/Win95 > virus(I'm > > >using > > > > Samba o share my filespace to Win95 users0? > > > > > > > > 3) I have a BackupExec tape backup hardware, is there any FREE > software > > >to > > > > work with it? > > > > > > > > Thanks you so much!!! > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > Chan > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > ><< rbettle.vcf >> > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com << File: Card for > Roy Bettle >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message