NT Logon services using Samba on Linux
I dont know about how you guys that configure this type of stuff all the
time feel about it, but for all us guys that know how to manipulate arcane
config files because we used to do it a long time ago but who dont do a
whole lot of it any more, getting all the user names and passwords and
drive mappings to synch up as you move from machine to machine is a pain
in the ass.
My biggest problem is that I get the file services working half-assed good
enough to continue on with what ever other project I was working on, then,
as long as the Samba server is running, I dont fiddle with it anymore.
Then after some weeks, or months, pass and I need to use another workstation
or add another server or printer, I have to figure it all out again and
usually wind up with a glitch due to continual process improvement.
Apache was pretty easy to get up and running, but I dont use it for anything
yet because I am a Domino kind of guy. But I do hope Hylafax isnt as complicated.
I also downloaded Websphere eval for Linux and plan on giving that a whirl
here pretty soon. Like in the next day or so.
I started looking at Linux almost a year ago. Went ahead and bought the
Suse distribution since I had no real experince with Unix or Linux. Been
pretty happy with it so far. Yeah its pretty much old school (no matter
how much pretty graphics they throw out there, you are eventually going
to edit a config file, no?) but I want out of the Windows trap. I have
never been a gamer; the office suites seem to be adequate. Graphics? I
dont know if a Gimp will be of much use (One thing is for sure, when these
Linux/Unix programmers named their programs, marketing was not at the fore
of their thought process.) I’ll need to look into graphics, but even if
I keep one Windows machine around for Paint Shop Pro, I will still be loads
better off. Maybe even get a Mac for my pics.
I just dont see any reason to keep on going on with the whole daily security
patch thing from now on.
Will Linux be shot full of holes the same way as Windows once it gets to
be the dominant player in the desktop OS market?