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From: mjt on 22 Jul 2010 12:02 On 22 Jul 2010 11:53:38 GMT General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:36:36 -0700, annalissa wrote: > > what is the linux equivalent services of server & workstation > > services in windows XP ? > > Could you be more specific? Which services? That would be my question too. -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer. <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>>
From: annalissa on 24 Jul 2010 01:11 On Jul 22, 12:02 pm, mjt <myswtestYOURSH...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 22 Jul 2010 11:53:38 GMT > > General Schvantzkoph <schvantzk...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:36:36 -0700, annalissa wrote: > > > what is the linux equivalent services of server & workstation > > > services in windows XP ? > > > Could you be more specific? Which services? > > That would be my question too. > > -- > At the source of every error which is blamed on the > computer you will find at least two human errors, > including the error of blaming it on the computer. > <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>> In a LAN where majority of the machines are WinXP machines , sometimes there wont be any file sharing/ printer sharing / scanner sharing bw machines just because Server & workstation services aren't started so in that context what will be the linux equivalent of these services ?
From: General Schvantzkoph on 24 Jul 2010 06:34 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:11:42 -0700, annalissa wrote: > On Jul 22, 12:02 pm, mjt <myswtestYOURSH...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 22 Jul 2010 11:53:38 GMT >> >> General Schvantzkoph <schvantzk...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:36:36 -0700, annalissa wrote: >> > > what is the linux equivalent services of server & workstation >> > > services in windows XP ? >> >> > Could you be more specific? Which services? >> >> That would be my question too. >> >> -- >> At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will >> find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on >> the computer. <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>> > > > In a LAN where majority of the machines are WinXP machines , sometimes > there wont be any file sharing/ printer sharing / scanner sharing bw > machines just because Server & workstation services aren't started so in > that context what will be the linux equivalent of these services ? SAMBA provides Windows file and printer sharing services. When you said server services that's vague in the Linux context because there are so many that are bundled into the typical Linux distro. In addition to SAMBA which provides Windows sharing services, there is NFS which provides Unix file sharing services, CUPS which provides modern printer sharing services (the older Unix printer services are also available), LDAP (light directory access protocol), ssh which provides remote shell and remote command services and remote file copying and syncing, there are a couple of DNS servers available, multiple FTP servers available, multiple database servers, multiple web servers. That's off of the top of my head, there is a lot more.
From: Robert Heller on 24 Jul 2010 07:31 At 24 Jul 2010 10:34:53 GMT General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:11:42 -0700, annalissa wrote: > > > On Jul 22, 12:02 pm, mjt <myswtestYOURSH...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 22 Jul 2010 11:53:38 GMT > >> > >> General Schvantzkoph <schvantzk...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:36:36 -0700, annalissa wrote: > >> > > what is the linux equivalent services of server & workstation > >> > > services in windows XP ? > >> > >> > Could you be more specific? Which services? > >> > >> That would be my question too. > >> > >> -- > >> At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will > >> find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on > >> the computer. <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>> > > > > > > In a LAN where majority of the machines are WinXP machines , sometimes > > there wont be any file sharing/ printer sharing / scanner sharing bw > > machines just because Server & workstation services aren't started so in > > that context what will be the linux equivalent of these services ? > > SAMBA provides Windows file and printer sharing services. When you said > server services that's vague in the Linux context because there are so > many that are bundled into the typical Linux distro. In addition to SAMBA > which provides Windows sharing services, there is NFS which provides Unix > file sharing services, CUPS which provides modern printer sharing > services (the older Unix printer services are also available), LDAP > (light directory access protocol), ssh which provides remote shell and > remote command services and remote file copying and syncing, there are a > couple of DNS servers available, multiple FTP servers available, multiple > database servers, multiple web servers. That's off of the top of my head, > there is a lot more. The other thing is this: Linux, like UNIX does NOT make the same sort of distintion between 'server' O/S vs. 'workstation' O/S that MS-Windows does. There isn't any such thing as a 'Linux Server' O/S as opposed to a 'Linux Workstation' O/S (eg the 'difference' between MS-Windows Server 2003 vs MS-Windows XP Home vs MS-Windows XP Pro). ANY Linux box can be a server, a workstation, or both at the same time, depending on what packages have been installed, how they have been configured, and what services have been started. > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller(a)deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk
From: The Natural Philosopher on 24 Jul 2010 07:39
annalissa wrote: > On Jul 22, 12:02 pm, mjt <myswtestYOURSH...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 22 Jul 2010 11:53:38 GMT >> >> General Schvantzkoph <schvantzk...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:36:36 -0700, annalissa wrote: >>>> what is the linux equivalent services of server & workstation >>>> services in windows XP ? >>> Could you be more specific? Which services? >> That would be my question too. >> >> -- >> At the source of every error which is blamed on the >> computer you will find at least two human errors, >> including the error of blaming it on the computer. >> <<< Remove YOURSHOES to email me >>> > > > In a LAN where majority of the machines are WinXP machines , sometimes > there wont be any file sharing/ printer sharing / scanner sharing bw > machines just because Server & workstation services aren't started so > in that context what will be the linux equivalent of these services ? as far as workstations go, they will be there by default (client services) You may need to configure/install/start various daemons on the server, Cups, samba, NFS etc, but teh client services are just 'there' by and large. mount is equally capable of an nfs mount as a real disk. cups is as happy sending to a remote queue as to a locally connected printer. You have to realise that Microsoft came late to networking: *nix was exepected to be in a fully networked environment from way back. Networking is built in to *nix. Its a bolt on with Micrsosoft, and that attitude persists, with home machine being essentially 'not networked' by default. This way Microsoft avoids having to make a decent OS that is reasonably secure on a network: instead it is all off by default, and protected by a monstrous firewall that stops it working. |