hello
I have a linux webserver that is part of an all Windows 2000 network.
We use roaming profiles and the files are stored in the users folder
on the network. I was woundering if it would be possible to allow
users to log in through the website to access their files through the
webserver. Would it be secure? how can I set it up? would I somehow be able to use the same username/password for setting up secure areas of my site?
TNX

Hi !
Samba is basically A Windows SMB/CIFS fileserver for UNIX. i.e. it lets Windows read the unix filesystem over the network. It was not basically ment for the internet.. just internal networks..

Now if you want then to login to a webage and access the files then I do not think you need Samba. On the other hand if your clients use a terminal server then samba is good. It may not be a very secure solution though...

Have a great day :)

regards
amar

Well..

If you put the webserver on a linux box with smb clients, you could shoot two birds with one stone.

This way you could mount NFS shares from linux boxes and CIFS shares from windows boxes and offer them to the web from the same linux servers.