From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 12 07:34:24 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 01F6037B401 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server.sirtis.org.uk (dsl-217-155-170-59.zen.co.uk [217.155.170.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 779CC43FA3 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:34:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonathan@sirtis.org.uk) Received: (qmail 23558 invoked by uid 1006); 12 Jul 2003 14:34:19 -0000 Received: from jonathan@sirtis.org.uk by server.sirtis.org.uk by uid 1011 with qmail-scanner-1.15 spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:SA:0(-2.1/5.0):. Processed in 3.55517 secs); 12 Jul 2003 14:34:19 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO sirtis.org.uk) (webmail%sirtis.org.uk@217.155.170.58) by 0 with SMTP; 12 Jul 2003 14:34:15 -0000 Message-ID: <3F101C72.6000104@sirtis.org.uk> Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 15:34:26 +0100 From: Jonathan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312 X-Accept-Language: rs1_9c98b83100d, rs2_0492abec4e2, rs3_cd142b81ab MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dragoncrest References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030711010400.00a47ec0@pop.voyager.net> <20030713010424.393d9b6c.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030713010424.393d9b6c.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 14:34:24 -0000 Vulpes Velox wrote: > 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. You might want to look at: http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/bookshelf/articles/Samba.html Perhaps you might want to lean on the reason why it is better as much as all the things it can do. Cost is always a good reason for bosses ;) - J