Linux File and Print Services for Macintosh and Windows Users








Linux File and Print Servicesfor Macintosh and Windows
Users


Linux is a very capable file server for Macintosh and
Windows users. With the simple addition of TCP/IP to your Windows machine
and then running SAMBA, you can see your Linux machine in the File Manager
just like other networked Windows users. On the Mac, there's nothing
special on the client -- just run the appropriate Appletalk package on
Linux.Likewise, sharing your printer to your Windows and Mac users
is also simple. In fact, the same packages that are used for file sharing
allows you to share printers, too! Your Mac and Windows users will be able
to access your Linux box as if it were anothe r Mac or Windows
machine!


Windows
Users | Macintosh
Users



Linux File and Print Services for Windows
Users



By far, the easiest way to share files and printers from a Linux
machine to your Windows users is to use SAMBA. SAMBA is a freely
available SMB-protocol server for many Unix flavors, including
Linux.Most network-enabled Microsoft products, including
LANManager, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 and Windows NT, speak the
SMB protocol. By adding TCP/IP support -- with a Microsoft or third party
TCP/IP stack, or by using Windows 95 or Windows NT -- you can access the
Linux machine's files and printers easily.Check out the SAMBA web
pages, the SAMBA FAQ, and comp.protocols.smb for more info on how to get
and use SAMBA.



Linux File and Print Services for Macintosh
Users



Adding file and print services for Macintosh users is a little more
tricky than for Windows users. While the Windows machines can do their
networking over TCP/IP (a protocol which is included in the Linux kernel),
Macintoshes speak their own protocol, Appletalk. Adding support for Macs
means adding an Appletalk stack to Linux. Currently, there are two ways to
do this. Columbia Appletalk
Package (CAP) CAP is a tried-and-true implementation
of the Appletalk protocol suite in user mode. The official version
supposedly supports Linux's kernel implementation of DDP.
Netatalk
Netatalk puts the Datagram Delivery Protocol (the IP of Appletalk)
into the kernel. Thanks to Alan Cox and Wesley Craig, version 1.3.3
supports Linux. Netatalk outperforms CAP quite a bit on Linux right now
because of the kernel support. While I helped de velop the CAP support, I
now use netatalk on my own systems.



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