Server part of what network? 2

[iolair]

Okay, maybe a dumb question or two, but what are Linux servers used with? If people use Linux servers, are they the whole network, or are they used with a Netware, Windows, or Solaris networks to perform some specific duty? Do people only run SAMBA and use them with Windows? Or maybe I should ask, what are they used for most? What is the popular useage? I know most websites runs Apache, is that their main IS function? Just curious.

Iolair MacWalter

 

[franklin97355]

Web servers, file servers, database servers almost anything you can do with windows or unix you can do with linux. Probably web serving is what they do most.

 

[thedaver]

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[iolair]

Thanks. I guess buying that SAMBA book is going to pay off. Thanks for your replies, it helps me make some decisions.

Iolair MacWalter

 

[marsd]

Use them for whatever.
The bottom line is that what you can do with them is
what you know.
If you need to route a tunneled ipx-ip gateway through
your linux box, there are easier and more expensive ways,
but it can be done. linux, *bsd, etc.. are accessible at the cost of familiarity-which means hard work at learning and
sometimes modifying existing codebases dedicated to that purpose.