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by **Greg Kettman** » Sat, 06 Feb 1999 04:00:00

I've installed RH 5.1 and 5.2 half a dozen times and slackware a
couple. I currently run a 5.1 machine as a firewall running IP Masq.
and NAT. Samba's installed but not configured (although I intend to).
I use two NE2000 compatible adapters.

Should I consider installing the new 2.2 kernel?

Should I consider installing the new(er) 2.0 Samba?

I know that I probably want XFREE86 but are there any other pieces that
I need?

I'd like to use an older MCA 486/33 (which 2.2 supports natively) any
comments?

by **autodat** » Sat, 06 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Greg:

I'm going to take my cue from RedHat ... they tell me (today) that 2.2 is
pretty new, and they do not have a target date for folding it into their
distro. I'm going to wait.

Gerald Jensen

> I've installed RH 5.1 and 5.2 half a dozen times and slackware a
> couple. I currently run a 5.1 machine as a firewall running IP Masq.
> and NAT. Samba's installed but not configured (although I intend to).
> I use two NE2000 compatible adapters.

> Should I consider installing the new 2.2 kernel?

> Should I consider installing the new(er) 2.0 Samba?

> I know that I probably want XFREE86 but are there any other pieces that
> I need?

> I'd like to use an older MCA 486/33 (which 2.2 supports natively) any
> comments?

by **Curt Bousque** » Sun, 07 Feb 1999 04:00:00

>> Should I consider installing the new(er) 2.0 Samba?

I think it was worth the upgrade to Samba 2.0 just for the Swat web based
management too. Though I'm not a wiz at linux (yet) i found it to be pretty
simple as long as I read the docs included in the tar file.

It will install safely 'over' a previous version, so you can even do a 'make
revert' to go back you your previous version should you have problems. In
short, here is all it took:

Download the samba_latest.tar.gz file
gunxip and tar -e the file
run the included ./configure
type 'make'
type 'make install'

Then you have to manually edit /ect/initd.conf and /ect/services to start
the service on boot.. (You might not even do this. I did because I had
removed the older version package first)

Some of the other stuff (Like the enhanced encryption for NT passwords)
takes a little more effort, but the docs and HOWTOs included in the tar ar
very easy to follow.

Thats it!! Easy as PI.

Curt Bousquet

by **centaur** » Sun, 07 Feb 1999 04:00:00

> Some of the other stuff (Like the enhanced encryption for NT passwords)
> takes a little more effort, but the docs and HOWTOs included in the tar ar
> very easy to follow.

But now that Samba can join the NT Domain as a NT Workstation, this
solves a lot of these problems.

--
Charles Rutledge | Liberty is a tenuous gift. Hard to win, easy

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