I use scp and rsync over ssh to keep a mirror of my office Linux system on my home Linux. I'm very happy with this arrangement. -- Jerry Place -- CSTP On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Brian Densmore wrote: > Question on NFS. Isn't NFS full of security holes? Aren't there a few > alternatives with better security measures than NFS? Has anybody ever used > any of them. I'd like to use such a beast on my home network. Right now I > use scp and floppies, because my network is connected to the internet and I > don't any crackers coming in the back door. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven L. Brendtro [mailto:sbrendtro@home.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 12:47 AM > To: kclug@kclug.org > Subject: RE: Windows And Linux > > > RedHat linux comes with a few tools for using it as a server in a multiple > OS environment: > > 1. Samba - set up Win9x/NT/2000 file and printer shares, setting up > NT/2000 Domain Controllers > 2. Netatalk - enable connectivity with MacOS (an Appletalk clone) > 3. NFS - Network File System... client/server application for sharing > files over a network, usually different flavors of unix, but can also be > used by other OSes with commercial software. > > All of these services can be set up to use the same directory structure, > enabling the sharing of resources between many different platforms and > users. > > Steve Brendtro > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jose sanchez [mailto:j_r_sanchez@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 7:20 PM > To: kclug@kclug.org > Subject: Windows And Linux > > > > Hello Everyone, > > I have a question or confusion: > > I would like to know if is possible to have a netework running a RedHat > server and have Linux and Windows clients? Now, I believe it is possible > but, does the RedHat server needs to be running Samba for this or not? Are > there other alternatives or a different network implementation that will > work/run with two or three different Operating Systems? > > This is only for practice purpose. I would like to test if I can create such > network. > > Thanks for your input. > > > > > _____ > > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > >