Ugo Bellavance wrote: > Hi, > > I need to set up a small server for a group of ~10 employees (all > using Windows 2000/XP, used to use a windows 2000/exchange setup). I > have a linux server already running CentOS 4, so I'd like to do all I > can with this. I thought about using Samba for file/print sharing and > OpenXchange (commercial version) to have a nice > collaborative/mail/calendar/etc server. Of course, it would probably > be the dhcp and internal DNS server. > > I started reading the Samba doc, but it is rather long. I planned > on using this server as a PDC so that it is not too different from > using their former windows 2000 server. I'll be managing this server, > which is currently a staging server for web development (php/mysql/cvs). > > Anyone has a opinion on this, or better ideas? My backups will be > based on utilities and mondorescue, kept on a internal (cold-swap > drawer) hard-drive that I would take every week (2-drawers rotation). > > Any recommendations welcome, will provide more details if needed. > > TIA, There's a well-written tutorial at http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/eserver/tutorials/samba/ -- not necessarily for the latest version of Samba, but thorough nonetheless.