Re: [LUG] fetchmail & samba

[RuS <rus at undertow.f9.co.uk>]

hmm....am I the only one who uses purely Linux - with not a single
micro$not product in sight?

Peter Hatton wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Alex Charrett wrote:
> > Yep, DHCP serving seems to work well under linux.  Obviosuly I've set the
> > scope up so that it only works for boxes on the local subnet.
> > And it's a dns server too, running my very own made up domain and a dns
> > cache for the rest of the world.  Which means I don't have to fiddle
> > around with host files all the time.
> 
> I have almost identical setup to Chas as well!
> 
> One thing I did find great about DHCP is it can set up a client with all
> the details its needs, including the name of the Name server, WINS server
> (Ducks) and the gateway server.  So if I want to change the IP address of
> the gateway, just change the address in the name server file, and reboot
> the clients - done! No searching for the Windows CD when it insists on
> re-install the networking components, for a just a IP address change, or
> trying to remember the subnet masks and IP addresses.  Add a new machine
> to the network, just set the client to use DHCP, plug it in and go!
> 
> And samba is very good as well - it implements everything you need, while
> letting you use some of the extra facilities of the ext2 file system such
> as symbolic links.
> 
> Just me 2p's worth.
> 
> Peter Hatton
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