Small Business Server 2003 Linux Small Business Server versus Linux functionality.

Small Business Server 2003Linux

Small Business Server versus Linux functionality

SBS 2003/Linux

• Martijn Bellaard– Mbellaard@twice.nl

• Main point: – To achieve the same degree of

functionality on a Linux platform as on SBS

2003

SBS 2003/Linux

• Topics– We will not discuss:

Political issues Financial issues

– We will discuss: An comparison in functionality

SBS 2003/Linux

• Topics– Setup– Central authentication– File sharing– Mail– Business collaborate website

SBS 2003/Linux

• Setup– Small Business Server 2003– Linux

SBS 2003/Linux

• What functionality is inside SBS 2003– Active directory 2003– Exchange 2003– SQL 2000– ISA 2000– Sharepoint Portal services

SBS 2003/Linux

• What functionality is inside Linux – NIS– NFS– Sendmail including fetchmail– Apache

SBS 2003/Linux

Network: 192.168.16.x/24

Windows XP

Linux Client

Linux Server

SBS

192.168.1.x

Network Layout

POP3 server

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• Setup SBS 2003– Demo

• Installation of SBS 2003

SBS 2003/Linux

• Setup Linux– Demo

• Installation Linux with Slackware 10.0

SBS 2003/Linux

• Central authentication – SBS 2003– NIS

SBS 2003/Linux

• Central authentication SBS 2003– Active directory– DEMO

• Creating a user• Creating a workplace• Workplace configuration

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• Central authentication Linux– NIS– DEMO

NIS client

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• Network Information Service (NIS)

NIS server

Software-Portmapper-ypserv

Software-Portmapper-ypbind

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• Steps to setup a NIS server and client (demo)

1. DNS2. Server3. Client

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• File sharing– SBS 2003– NFS

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• File sharing 2003– My Documents redirection (demo)

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• File sharing Linux– NFS (demo)

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• What is NFS– The Network File System was developed

to allow machines to mount a disk partition on a remote machine as if it were on a local hard drive

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• NFS (demo)– Server

• Changing the file:/etc/export

• Starting NFS– Client

• Changing the file:/etc/fstab

• Restart the client PC

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• Mail– SBS 2003– Linux

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• SBS 2003– Exchange 2003 (demo)

• Setup email domain• Setup Outlook web access • Setup POP3 connector

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• Linux– Setup Sendmail– Setup Squirrelmail– Setup Fetchmail

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• Sendmail– SMTP server

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• Squirrelmail– Webmail client– Need a IMAP server to connect to– Developed in PHP– Runs on apache

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• Fetchmail– Retrieves mail from a

POP3 server– Delivered back to

Sendmail

External POP3 server

Internal mail server

Fetchmail

Sendmail

Mailbox

POP3

SBS 2003/Linux

• DEMO– Setup Sendmail– Setup Squirrelmail– Setup Fetchmail

SBS 2003/Linux

• Review– Setup– Central authentication– File sharing– Mail

SBS 2003/Linux

• Martijn Bellaard

SBS 2003/Linux