[ale] ALE MONTHLY MEETING for THURSDAY, 1/9/03

[aaron]

On Tuesday 07 January 2003 12:28, Geoffrey wrote:
> Aaron, sorry I didn't post an announcement.  Would you like to do this
> in the future?

No appology necessary.
Michael or I can deal with posting the email reminder.
Thanks for getting up on the Web Site so quickly, though!

peace
aaron

>
> aaron wrote:
> > January's main meeting of ALE is set for the usual
> > 2nd Thursday of the month, January 9th, 7:30 pm,
> > at the Emory Law School building.
> >
> > Our main presentation topic is SAMBA file and print sharing with
> > Linux and our presenter is Troy Thompson from Sonova Systems (outline
> > and biography below).
> >
> > As always, maps and related details are available on the www.ale.org
> > web site.
> >
> > Hope to see you there!
> > peace
> > aaron
> >
> > ---------------------
> > Presentation outline:
> >
> > January's presentation topic is Samba, a cross-platform file and
> > print services package which employs the SMB/CIFS protocol, the main
> > networking protocol used by Microsoft systems. A Samba server can be
> > run on Linux to replace Windows based servers and provide domain
> > control, network logon shares, scripting and one-way dropboxes across
> > a multi platform network.
> >
> > The target audience is computer users who would like to provide file
> > and print sharing on a home or business network which contains
> > Windows boxes while remaining exempt from the "Microsoft Server Tax"
> > [tm]. The material is appropriate for novice users, so prior
> > familiarity with Windows and/or Linux networking is not essential.
> >
> > Points to be covered include:
> > * A Basic overview of the Microsoft methods of NetBIOS/SMB
> >   networking and how Samba fits into the picture.
> > * Overview of what Samba provides
> > * Live installation of Samba
> > * Configuration of Samba as a domain controller
> > * Configuring the clients
> > * Adding clients to the domain
> > * Creating home directories
> > * Creating login scripts
> > * Creating shared inbox directories (one-way dropbox style)
> > * Firewalling issues (Lest You Be 0wn3d by Nimda!)
> >
> > Advanced points as time and interest permit:
> > * Creating user-specific login scripts
> > * Creating machine-specific login scripts
> > * Password changes from the Windows client
> >    (this can be a Black Art, but we'll try!)
> >
> > ----------
> > Bio:
> > Troy Thompson is the webmaster and primary Internet Consultant of
> > Sonova Systems, LLC, a local metro Atlanta-based consulting company.
> > Troy cut his teeth on...
> > -- a Commodore 64 in grade school,
> > -- the Internet via Delphi when it was a VMS text-based dialup,
> > -- AOL when it ran on the GEOS shell,
> > -- Netscape and I.E. side-by-side when they were still at version 1,
> > -- and beta testing of Windows 95.
> >
> > (Yes, he's just a young pup!)
> >
> > He still has a functioning Commodore 128, and today takes in many
> > orphaned computers to give them new homes -- much to the chagrin of
> > his very understanding wife, Jessica!
> >
> > Sonova Systems specializes in business systems analysis, technical
> > support, and targeted solutions on a variety of platforms  including
> > Linux, Macintosh, OS-X and most Microsoft OS distributions [ see
> > www.sonovasystems.com ].  Troy is the primary Linux/web consultant at
> > the company, where he maintains several customer domains from the
> > firewall to the web application interface.
> >
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