Greetings! I'm considering installing linux on an untouched 1.99GB partition on one of my work computers, but I'm looking for some ideas on the networking aspects of this before I actually do it. I've set up dual-boot systems and successfully networked a few linux/windows systems at home, but this will be a bit different. My network at work consists of primarily Windows/NT systems (i'm sure there's some HP-UX or Solaris somewhere, but they don't let me play with those *pout*) on an NT domain. When I log onto the network, I authenticate to the domain server (with "client for microsoft networks"), and am assigned an IP address via DHCP. Access to shared drives on network servers requires this authentication. So here's the question part: I know how to set linux up to grab an IP address from the DHCP server (At least I think I've done this before), but I have no clue how to get it to authenticate to the domain controller, if there even is a way. Is there something linux can use to emulate the "client for microsoft networks"? Someone told me that the samba tools would do this, but after reading the samba man page, I'm not quite seeing it. I haven't found any FAQ's or HOW-TO's.. and I'm running out of ideas of what to look for. I basically need to make linux look as much as possible like a silly windows box from the rest of the network, just so I don't get questioned as to what on earth I'm doing *grin*. I'm planning to make sure I turn off extra services when I'm not using them (like ftp and telnet) or move them to other ports where they won't be noticed as much. If anyone has any other ideas, or has done something similar... I'd appreciate any input. Michelle Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
