From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 11 22:05:29 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 7638537B401 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:05:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from twix.hotpop.com (twix.hotpop.com [204.57.55.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9741F43F3F for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:05:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by twix.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 845B6463526 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fortytwo. (ip68-109-49-234.lu.dl.cox.net [68.109.49.234]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 3BA0D1800AF; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:05:21 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 01:04:24 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: Dragoncrest Message-Id: <20030713010424.393d9b6c.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030711010400.00a47ec0@pop.voyager.net> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030711010400.00a47ec0@pop.voyager.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: name all the uses for 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: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:05:29 -0000 On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 01:07:50 -0400 Dragoncrest 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.