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Fabian,<br>
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Fabian Kruse wrote:
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type="cite">Hi Greg,
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312">first of all
thanks for the fast reply!!</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">1. Get a new PC, install - let´s say -
Fedora Core, install Apache,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Perl,
PHP and Koha. Connect this system to the Windows NT server and<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>be able to provide access to
Koha to all 50 workstations of the<span class="Apple-converted-space">
</span>office. There is no need to provide public access (yet),
so I think<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the system has
not be the latest server hardware, but a normal<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>workstation would do.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">But: is it possible to connect the
Linux PC to the Windows NT server<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and
enable it to be accesible for ALL Windows workstations of the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>office?!?<br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">You do not have to 'connect' the Linux
server to the NT server. You would assign the Linux Koha server an IP
address and make an entry into the internal DNS so that when people
browse to <a href="http://library.your.company.name">http://library.your.company.name</a>/
they get to the OPAC interface.</div>
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<div>Okay, but I still will have to integrate the system into the NT
network, or am I misuinderstanding something?</div>
<div>I think this should work via Samba, or are there any other
possibilities? I expect that I won´t be able to connect the Linux
server by other means, or are there?</div>
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If you mean that you want the host to be part of a Workgroup or Domain,
then you will have to use Samba. However unless you are using this host
as a workstation (which you shouldn't be) then there isn't really a
requirement to do this.<br>
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However if this host is only going to be used for Koha, then all it
will need is an IP address and a DNS entry.<br>
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For administration, connect to the host with SSH which will give you a
command prompt on the host. You will be able to use a web browser on a
workstation to visit the OPAC/Intranet webpages.<br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">I appreciate very much every thought on
this topic; if anyone has a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>good
weblink for a NT/Linux-network introduction I would be grateful<span
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<div style="margin: 0px;">The Linux Documentation Project has
several HOWTOs on networking for Linux, here is one:</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><a
href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html">http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html</a></div>
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<div>Thanks for this great link.</div>
<div>Looks very user-friendly, so I will do my homework!</div>
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Have fun!<br>
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Greg<br>
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