Hello All,
I am relatively new to UNIX and very new to Samba. I have a bunch of
questions about what everything is and I haven't been able to glean the
information from the faqs. I was also hoping someone would give me a
'cheat sheet' on what I need to do an in what order. So here goes:
1. What are do these terms mean and why are they beneficial to me:
( I kind of know WHAT they are, but I definitely don't know WHY
they are and WHEN I should use them)
domain controller
master browser
wins server
domain master
preferred master
local master
2. I have a Win95/WinNTwkst network (192.168.1.xxx) subnetted ( I think
) across a wan using a couple of routers. I want to use a Samba server
on Caldera Linux as a file/print server and a WinNTwkst as a database
server. I would like to only have to update userids and passwords on
the two servers. I was hoping to be able to keep from setting up
accounts on each computer locally. I also have a couple of portable
computers with Win95 that I'd like to use, but I think I need DHCP. I'm
sure this can be done, but I don't know enough about UNIX to know what I
should set up first and when and if I even need it. Could someone tell
me what I need to setup to accomplish this, in what order, and why each
item is important?
Thanks a bunch,
John
jsbrown@niia.net
