alt.certification.network-plus

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Samba

George Frank

2002-10-18, 6:24 pm

Anyone know what this is in regards to the net+ test. Sorry if this was
posted twice. Hit a wrong key I think.

Russ S

2002-10-18, 8:24 pm

Yup - an application used to create SMBs that can be read by MS clients on a
network. Remember Samba and Unix and you should be ok.

--
RussS
A+, Net+, MCP W2k

Andy H

2002-10-20, 1:24 pm

I didn't think Samba was on the net+ test. (wasn't on mine a few years ago)

If you want to know what it is in a sentence or less:

It's a way for Linux machines to talk to and funciton on a MS Windows
network. It's wonderful if you ever have to use it.

"George Frank" <gfrank26@attbi.com> wrote in news:Zu0s9.2742$qM2.1115
@sccrnsc02:

> Anyone know what this is in regards to the net+ test. Sorry if this was
> posted twice. Hit a wrong key I think.
>
>
>

>Pearl Jam

2002-10-22, 8:24 pm

Hey George,

Samba is a type of dance from Brazil!

But dont mistake that with RUMBA! ... hehehe!!

OK, serious now... SAMBA is a OPEN SOURCE / FREE SOFTWARE suite that
provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients such as
Linux and Unix.

As in like, if you want to access information from a UNIX server or a
Linux server, you would need Samba to be able to connect to either one
or both by creating a session. Is kinda like using WTS or Citrix or
WinFrame... or there likes. Familiar with anyone of these others?

G'luck and hope this helps!

>PJ<

On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 23:07:37 GMT, "George Frank" <gfrank26@attbi.com>
wrote:

>Anyone know what this is in regards to the net+ test. Sorry if this was
>posted twice. Hit a wrong key I think.
>

Brian Schwarz

2002-10-23, 11:24 am

It's a little beyond the scope of the exam, but while you might use Windows
Terminal Services or Citrix to address a similar problem ("how do I access
my stuff on one PC from another PC on my network?"), Samba provides a very
different solution.

Samba enables a Linux box to "pretend" to be a Microsoft file and print
sharing client and/or server. For example, with Samba you can share folders
and printers with your Windows client machines and the Linux box will show
up in the Network Neighborhood in the same way that an NT or Win2k server
would.

WTS or Citrix (or VNC, my favorite because it's free) allow you to display
the GUI for the remote system on your local machine. Think of them as
"remote control" programs. See the VNC home page for a more detailed
explanation (www.realvnc.com). I don't think that WTS or Citrix are covered
on the exam, but I took it a couple of years ago and I'm not up on the
latest revisions.

Cheers,

Brian Schwarz
www.bluecollartech.com

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">Pearl Jam<" <PearlJamming@home.com> wrote in message
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> (Samba) Is kinda like using WTS or Citrix or
> WinFrame... or there likes. Familiar with anyone of these others?
<snip>

Russ S

2002-10-23, 3:24 pm

Nope - your should know what Samba is - they do ask questions on it.
Usually the question is along the line of "what operating system is Samba
used to communicate with?" or something along those lines - nothing too
technical.

--
RussS
A+, Net+, MCP W2k

Robert 'Dr. Bob' Morton

2002-10-23, 4:24 pm

Brian Schwarz wrote:
> WTS or Citrix (or VNC, my favorite because it's free) allow you to display
> the GUI for the remote system on your local machine. Think of them as
> "remote control" programs. See the VNC home page for a more detailed
> explanation (www.realvnc.com). I don't think that WTS or Citrix are covered
> on the exam, but I took it a couple of years ago and I'm not up on the
> latest revisions.

While I do not disagree with your answer, I thought it interesting about
your link to VNC. If you look at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
you will find a source that claims to be the real VNC as well and is
upgrading itself. It is the VNC that I use. I do not know which is the
real and which is the imposter, or if they both are real or not.

Just throwing another source to find a good product. Since it is open
source it is all probally the same in the end.

The Doc

Brian Schwarz

2002-10-23, 6:24 pm

Dr. Bob,

If you go to the download link at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/, it
points to www.realvnc.com. The AT&T lab that funded the original
development of VNC was hit by budget cuts and some of the original
programmers spun off realvnc.com as a new venture. That's one of the nice
advantages of Open Source software - when the original vendor dies and or
decides to discontinue the product, others can choose to continue to support
the product.

From the "About us" link on the realvnc.com website:
"RealVNC is a new venture founded and staffed by the original AT&T team who
created VNC. The mission of RealVNC is to act as the focal point for open
source VNC. We are continuing to improve VNC with our own new features and
by evaluating features developed by others in the open source community and
incorporating the best of them into the official codebase. New features and
bug fixes will be released on a regular basis. In addition, we are also
offering commercial support and development services around open source VNC.
"

I've started to refer to the www.realvnc.com address because it's easier to
remember than http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/, and because it's hard to
say how long http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ will be around. There are
also other variations on VNC such as tightvnc that some people prefer.
Going forward, I expect the www.realvnc.com version to be the baseline for
the other variations.

Cheers,

Brian Schwarz

"Robert 'Dr. Bob' Morton" <drbobm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:BYDt9.884$rN2.133638292@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
> Brian Schwarz wrote:
> > WTS or Citrix (or VNC, my favorite because it's free) allow you to
display
> > the GUI for the remote system on your local machine. Think of them as
> > "remote control" programs. See the VNC home page for a more detailed
> > explanation (www.realvnc.com). I don't think that WTS or Citrix are
covered
> > on the exam, but I took it a couple of years ago and I'm not up on the
> > latest revisions.
>
> While I do not disagree with your answer, I thought it interesting about
> your link to VNC. If you look at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
> you will find a source that claims to be the real VNC as well and is
> upgrading itself. It is the VNC that I use. I do not know which is the
> real and which is the imposter, or if they both are real or not.
>
> Just throwing another source to find a good product. Since it is open
> source it is all probally the same in the end.
>
> The Doc
>

Robert 'Dr. Bob' Morton

2002-10-23, 9:24 pm

Thanks, was not aware of that untill now. I **just now** helped a
fellow online student get VNC installed on his machine so we could work
together on projects and when I got his machine up it was the new VNC
logo. So I stand (and sit) corrected. When I was tying that to you
this afternoon, I was crusing around the att site and did not see links
to new site, but I will have to note that.

Thanks

The Doc

Brian Schwarz wrote:
> Dr. Bob,
>
> If you go to the download link at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/, it
> points to www.realvnc.com. The AT&T lab that funded the original
> development of VNC was hit by budget cuts and some of the original
> programmers spun off realvnc.com as a new venture. That's one of the nice
> advantages of Open Source software - when the original vendor dies and or
> decides to discontinue the product, others can choose to continue to support
> the product.
>
> From the "About us" link on the realvnc.com website:
> "RealVNC is a new venture founded and staffed by the original AT&T team who
> created VNC. The mission of RealVNC is to act as the focal point for open
> source VNC. We are continuing to improve VNC with our own new features and
> by evaluating features developed by others in the open source community and
> incorporating the best of them into the official codebase. New features and
> bug fixes will be released on a regular basis. In addition, we are also
> offering commercial support and development services around open source VNC.
> "
>
> I've started to refer to the www.realvnc.com address because it's easier to
> remember than http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/, and because it's hard to
> say how long http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ will be around. There are
> also other variations on VNC such as tightvnc that some people prefer.
> Going forward, I expect the www.realvnc.com version to be the baseline for
> the other variations.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian Schwarz
>

Brian Schwarz

2002-10-24, 12:24 am

For some reason, the AT&T site doesn't have much information about the
change. The only link that seems to point to www.realvnc.com is the actual
download link. I think it's a pretty recent development - I only knew
about it because of a posting to some newsgroup or another.

"Robert 'Dr. Bob' Morton" <drbobm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:EnIt9.307$yl2.168582253@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
> Thanks, was not aware of that untill now. I **just now** helped a
> fellow online student get VNC installed on his machine so we could work
> together on projects and when I got his machine up it was the new VNC
> logo. So I stand (and sit) corrected. When I was tying that to you
> this afternoon, I was crusing around the att site and did not see links
> to new site, but I will have to note that.
>
> Thanks
>
> The Doc
>
> Brian Schwarz wrote:
> > Dr. Bob,
> >
> > If you go to the download link at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/,
it
> > points to www.realvnc.com. The AT&T lab that funded the original
> > development of VNC was hit by budget cuts and some of the original
> > programmers spun off realvnc.com as a new venture. That's one of the
nice
> > advantages of Open Source software - when the original vendor dies and
or
> > decides to discontinue the product, others can choose to continue to
support
> > the product.
> >
> > From the "About us" link on the realvnc.com website:
> > "RealVNC is a new venture founded and staffed by the original AT&T team
who
> > created VNC. The mission of RealVNC is to act as the focal point for
open
> > source VNC. We are continuing to improve VNC with our own new features
and
> > by evaluating features developed by others in the open source community
and
> > incorporating the best of them into the official codebase. New features
and
> > bug fixes will be released on a regular basis. In addition, we are also
> > offering commercial support and development services around open source
VNC.
> > "
> >
> > I've started to refer to the www.realvnc.com address because it's easier
to
> > remember than http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/, and because it's hard
to
> > say how long http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ will be around. There
are
> > also other variations on VNC such as tightvnc that some people prefer.
> > Going forward, I expect the www.realvnc.com version to be the baseline
for
> > the other variations.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Brian Schwarz
> >
>
>

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