Netatalk and Samba fileservers

• Requirement for seamless multiplatform access for existing Macintosh and Windows computers

  • 600+ Macintosh computers running MacOS 9 and X
  • 15 Windows computers (although hopefully not for long)

• Netatalk Appleshare fileserver provides native Macintosh network fileserver support from the Linux server

• Samba provides native CIFS/SMB to Windows clients

  • Both LDAP enabled providing unified login
  • Customised login application for roaming desktop and application preferences

• No per user licenses