Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:37:22 +0300 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: apatewna@yahoo.gr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A VERY Strange Question. Message-ID: <44490317@srv.sem.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <45CCD855.3000000@yahoo.gr> (apatewna@yahoo.gr's message of "Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:23:49 %2B0200") References: <01c801c749f9$b90f23d0$6501a8c0@GRANT> <45C8CCA9.2060004@yahoo.gr> <006f01c74abc$c6689c00$6501a8c0@GRANT> <45CCD855.3000000@yahoo.gr>
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On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:23:49 +0200 Apatewna wrote: > > Question 3: > > > > I have never understood MS licensing scheme. > How true > > What does this '5 CALs' by default mean? In order for hundreds of > domains to > > be on the (MS) server, doe we need to get hendreds of CALs? > AFAIK, [5 CAL] means "five client access licenses" and it refers to As far as I know, there are two types of CALs: per user and per device. We use the former: diskless stations are booted and are connected to the application FreeBSD server via XDMCP, those who need (approx. 10 users) use rdesktop to connect to the windows server while only one license is used. > accessing shared resources (folders/printers/active directory > services). You'll find that windows Xp home allows only five network > computer to connect to its resources and windows xp pro allows > ten. This has nothing to do with web serving because simply the > clients connect and access information anonymously. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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