> I recently started teaching physics in a school: we have a lab with
> several computer, a novell netware system and NO ONE to run it: result
> no one even understand how to change the passwd and so on (is not
> teacher's job, they call assistance for that ;-(
Usually that falls under the "and whatever duites are deemed necessary"
in your job description ;)
>
> I would like to put samba instead (I use it at the universuty and know
> how to run it):
>
> 1. Is there something I loose?
Since no one can run the Novell network at the moment you can't loose
something you don't have.
> 2. Is there a way to lock the configuration of win95 so thay the
> students cannot change it at they're will? This second question
> is not direcly related to samba but is *very* important to us:
> which is solution at these problems in win95 "logic"?
See http://www.safetynet.com for a product called "Stop Light ELS". In
effect it allows you to place a permissioned file system on top of FAT.
Works very well ( i maintain 4 - 6 windows 95 public access labs at a
University in addition to faculty PC's ).
If you decide to go with Stop Light, I have a fairly secure ( as secure
as Windows 95 can be ) setup. Very solid with about 2,000 going through
every quarter.
Lab configuration
dual 50MHz Sparc 10 Solaris 2.5.1 with 128Mb RAM
46 Windows 95 OSr1 clients
Samba 1.9.17p4
Hope this helps
j-
________________________________________________________________________
Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter
Engineering Network Services Auburn University
jerry at eng.auburn.edu http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/cartegw
"...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home."
- Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979 )