From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 4 12:01:35 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 B930F37B401 for ; Sun, 4 May 2003 12:01:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from empire.explosive.mail.net (empire.explosive.mail.net [205.205.25.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E10A443F93 for ; Sun, 4 May 2003 12:01:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mykroft@explosive.mail.net) Received: (qmail 22274 invoked from network); 4 May 2003 19:01:49 -0000 Received: from ticking.explosive.mail.net (HELO ticking) (205.205.25.116) by empire.explosive.mail.net with SMTP; 4 May 2003 19:01:49 -0000 Message-ID: <02af01c3126f$abe8dae0$7419cdcd@ticking> From: "Adam Maas" To: , References: <3444.192.168.1.7.1052073110.squirrel@mail.romero3000.com> Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 15:02:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: Re: opinions on 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: Sun, 04 May 2003 19:01:36 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 2:31 PM Subject: opinions on Samba > Is Samba as a viable as a complete replacement for Windows NT filesharing > in networks under 100 users. Or is it better suited for situations where > there is already a unix server in the network that needs to share files > with nt boxes?? I've implemented it a few times in small networks under > 50 users as a quick fix but now my company is thinking about pitching it > clients as a small business file and print sharing solution. Do you think > that's a viable solution??? The Major Telco/ISP I work for uses Samba to share home directories off our primary Solaris server at my location. 200+ users across 4 major sites stretching from Vancouver to Montreal. Works quite well, and far more stable than even Win2K AS. I understand our parent US corp also uses this type of solution (We've got 55,000 employees worldwide). Adam