Hi,
I Just set up a Mandrake 7.2 file server for our office. The other o/s's accessing the server are, win98, win2k, ME, and linux another copy of Mdk 7.2. Some machines are multi boot. (1 machine in particular is win2k, ME, and linux)
I set up Samba with little hassle, but still want to tweak for some security issues. All my 2K machines are woking great finding the correct shares on the server. I haven't started with the other o/s's yet, but don't forsee to many problems there. (crosses fingers)
My question is, how do I mount the Samba shares on my file server to reflect what windows,linux shares are availible on the network. Keeping in mind that, some machines may change thier o/s's through-out the day.
Would the command be a part of the fstab file? Do I need a custom script calling a cron job to update the network shares periodically? (I've never written a script) Is there a program out there that does this already, and fianly is are there any inherent security risks in doing this?
As of now, I have a 2K box running winproxy as a proxy/firewall to a Starband Internet connection. I have ftp forwarding enabled through winproxy to point to my Linux box. Very soon we will have 1/2 a T-1 installed and I plan to get a Lynksys (sp?) router and use my linux box as the gateway for the network with 2 nic cards.
Just wanted to give my layout for anyone wanting to answer the security question, Sorry for the long text. Any help configuring my Samba shares on my Linux box would be most appreciated.
Thank you,
Eidolen
I Just set up a Mandrake 7.2 file server for our office. The other o/s's accessing the server are, win98, win2k, ME, and linux another copy of Mdk 7.2. Some machines are multi boot. (1 machine in particular is win2k, ME, and linux)
I set up Samba with little hassle, but still want to tweak for some security issues. All my 2K machines are woking great finding the correct shares on the server. I haven't started with the other o/s's yet, but don't forsee to many problems there. (crosses fingers)
My question is, how do I mount the Samba shares on my file server to reflect what windows,linux shares are availible on the network. Keeping in mind that, some machines may change thier o/s's through-out the day.
Would the command be a part of the fstab file? Do I need a custom script calling a cron job to update the network shares periodically? (I've never written a script) Is there a program out there that does this already, and fianly is are there any inherent security risks in doing this?
As of now, I have a 2K box running winproxy as a proxy/firewall to a Starband Internet connection. I have ftp forwarding enabled through winproxy to point to my Linux box. Very soon we will have 1/2 a T-1 installed and I plan to get a Lynksys (sp?) router and use my linux box as the gateway for the network with 2 nic cards.
Just wanted to give my layout for anyone wanting to answer the security question, Sorry for the long text. Any help configuring my Samba shares on my Linux box would be most appreciated.
Thank you,
Eidolen