Linux as a server solution???

[DAM]

Well, I have a class project to do, and it is to stablish a fully functional network. I currently manage a Win2kADV/Novell network, although I have never installed a network from the ground up, how hard to you think it will be to install a Linux based network? Running all services, authentication, permissions of a Linux box?


Do you have any comments?

Any links?

Any horror/success stories?

Any favorite distro?



Thanks yall, whatever it is that I implement I will keep you all updated with complete documentation of this projects final outcome.



dam(blaze)

 

[n0cmonkey]

It really depends on what exactly the network is for and what the server will be doing. Windows or Linux workstations? What services will you need? What services do you need but dont know what applications provide those services?

 

[DAM]

I need basic services, like email/ftp/web/file sharing


the workstations depend on us, we can make them lin or win boxes.



thanks for the reply.




dam()

 

[n0cmonkey]

email:

sendmail
postfix
exim
qmail

ftp:
Plenty of them out there, pureftp, proftp, etc

web:
apache
zeus

file sharing:
samba for smb
nfs for UNIX

 

[Nothinman]

It's pretty much completely up to you how you want to do it.

PAM on Linux has modules for just about any form of authentication from local /etc/passwd to NTLM to LDAP, so clients shouldn't be an issue. The only thing you'd have to watch for is if you want to integrate other forms of unix or winboxes, Linux is really good for interoperability but there's always some little snags.