FreeBSD as a File Server and domain, Replacing Windows and linux. How?

[Sina]

Hello everyone,

I would like to attemp a test platform, where I can replace a windows server with a freebsd server that will act as the following server:

Print server (Tcp/ip printer all through out the building)
Domain sever (User running nt 4.0 and 2000 must authenticate against this domain controller first to login)

File server (all home directories to reside on the FreeBSD server)

Any suggetions? has anyone had this before and how relibable is it?

I have been using FreeBSd for sometime now and I just love it.

Thank you all

 

[Cadwalader]

Personally, I use Windows servers for internal stuff, and FreeBSD for the real world (yeah, eat that MS!!). What about Samba and NFS? Hope I was of some help...
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Thanks for the help...
--Rich

 

[Dragonfish]

Hi,

your question surprises me a little if you´ve been using FreeBSD for a while. FreeBSD does everything that LINUX does but better. That means you´ve got SAMBA, NFS, NIS, Mailservers, Webservers, Routes, Firewalls, Clients.... simply everything. Just surf the web for info, lookup howtos, download eBooks, install what you need and away you go.

It may be a fair amount of work - especially when you´re starting - but there´s nothing you can´t do.

Good luck
DavidinGermany