Hi,

I have a very generalistic question : How can I build up a LAN without any use of Microsft technology, based on Linux fir exemple.

I am actually testing samba as a transition solution.

But How is it possible to build a LAN without anay NT technoloy and still have :

-Secured users loggin and ressources adminitration

-remore/local access with attack/virus protection

-windows clients support and possibly acces to theirs disks and printers

-domain or area definition, workgroup management

-Secured Lan extension using VPN.

This definition may look pretty dummy to anyone using Linux regularly, but so far it looks very difficult to me to understand in which direction I should start.


Thanks a lot for any advice, URL, ....!