[geeks] Integration of heterogeneous network

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 12:29:01AM +1200, Kenneth Dunn wrote:
> I need some input. I have a home LAN with 2x Linux PC, 1x NetBSD (vax), 
> 1x Windows 2000 server, 1x Solaris 8 (x86), 2x Win9x, 1x NT 4.0 
> wrkst (x86), part time NT 4.0 srvr / Tru64 (4.0B) - soon to be 
> 100% OpenVMS (7.? ?) . Future additions include Irix 6.5, and possibly
> at a much later date OS/400 & HP-UX.

> Problem: NIS on NetBSD 1.5.something doesn't support MD5 passwords,
> I can't find any free NIS+NFS solution for Windows. LDAP for 
> Win9x and NT 4.0 just ain't going to happen, NetBSD doesn't appear to 
> support it either. The answer to VMS is ???
> 
> Assume I'm going to end up with Linux server with NIS (no MD5) and NFS 
> also providing SMB filesystem and authentication, win9x domain logins. 
> VMS - I'm buggered if I know the answer to that one. I really want to
> use LDAP for experimental purposes.
> 
> Also plan to use Tarantella Enterprise 3.20 on the Lintel PC I'm 
> calling a "server". Solaris would be the prefered NFS server, but that 
> machine is only a Pentium 133Mhz/64MB RAM/9GB HDD. Have no intention
> of spending any more money on Solaris x86, and any Sparc worth using
> isn't going to appear until I have payed off a few debts.
> 
> The "LAN" was going to get 24x7 (NAT/firewalled) network access over
> 3 months ago but been spending to much money on hard/software. It will
> happen REAL SOON<tm> - am awaiting on myself to make a decission on
> whether to get a new job or not. 

One machine acting as the NIS/NFS and Samba server.  Takes care of everything,
except for the VMS machine.  I don't know anything about VMS.

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Joshua D. Boyd