Zachary Family wrote: > > 1. sharing the hard drive space with Win 98 machines on local network > 2. sharing the hard drive space with DOS 6.22 machines on local network This is Samba, which IIRC you've already gotten working to some point. Samba is kind of complex when you first start out, but by the time you've done three or four smb.conf files you find that it is in fact fairly intuitive. What I would suggest is that you don't use the example files with your distro except for something to look at. (At least for me) typing out a config file by hand and then finding all of the little errors and subleties that have crept in is the best way to learn what all of the commands do. I am very curious about hearing what happens when you retrieve and install the Microsoft DOS SMB client. Since Win95 didn't encrypt passwords, I'm guessing that the DOS client won't either. Win98 encrypts passwords by default, so you will probably have to turn that off (it can be done). I don't think you can set up Samba to accept both encrypted and non-encrypted passwords. > 3. establishing a local e-mail server for in-house e-mail with a port to the > real world A good starting point is the Offline Mailing mini-Howto that you can find at http://www.linuxdoc.org. The Offline Mailing mini-Howto isn't really geared to your situation, but is very useful background material if you're using a dialup. There is also a mini-Howto about Sendmail address rewriting that is more in line with what you're looking for (as well as the full Mail Administrator HOWTO). The HOWTOs, mini-HOWTOs and book length guides are all available in tar.gz packages to download so that you don't have to be on-line to read them. I have several installed on my server. Where they sit - with a one & four year old I don't really have time to read them. Sigh... > 4. learn perl scripting language > 5. ??? ??? Live streaming audio/video broadcast from a Linux server ??? I know you can do it with RealProducer 8.x, but there must be some sort of OpenSource / Free Software solution. (Don't know about compatibility issues though). ------------------------------------ This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.