Serving Windows Software from UNIX

2007-12-25 10:24:00

My orginal plea for help follows:

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Anyone know if Windows 95 or NT apps can be served to Windows 95 or

NT clients ( PCs ) from a server running UNIX, like Solaris?

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I was familiar with the SAMBA product but I thought it's capabilities

did not stretch to sharing MS (prefer not to utter the words

M--roS--t!) binaries.

My concerns were addressed by a few respondents as they mentioned

problems with dlls and Windows install programs ( like setup.exe )

causing client hangs when executed from a SAMBA drive. Sluggish

performance was also mentioned when compared to locally installed

binaries.

Also mentioned was a security problem with Win95 version 4.00.950 and SAMBA.

Supposedly MS has a patch for this.

Thanks to all 28 respondents for their recommendations for:

-NFS for NT or Windows 95

-SAMBA (article in May '97 Sys Admin on setting up Samba,

-Insignia- Ntrigue and Softwindows 95

-TAS (Totalnet Administration Services) from Syntax (www.syntax.com)

-WABI and remote-X

-NFS client like Maestro from Hummingbird Communications

-CENTRIX's WinCenter Server

-craig

UNIX Systems Manager

Centers for Special Populations and Health, Health Genetics and Methodology

Penn State University, 106 Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16802-6500

Voice: 814-863-9951 FAX: 814-863-9950 EMAIL: clg@csph.psu.edu

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