[Koha] Newbie: Windows NT server, Linux and Koha

[Greg Vickers]

Fabian,

Fabian Kruse wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> first of all thanks for the fast reply!!
>
>>> 1. Get a new PC, install - let´s say - Fedora Core, install Apache,  
>>> Perl, PHP and Koha. Connect this system to the Windows NT server 
>>> and  be able to provide access to Koha to all 50 workstations of 
>>> the  office. There is no need to provide public access (yet), so I 
>>> think  the system has not be the latest server hardware, but a 
>>> normal  workstation would do.
>>> But: is it possible to connect the Linux PC to the Windows NT 
>>> server  and enable it to be accesible for ALL Windows workstations 
>>> of the  office?!?
>>
>>
>> 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 
>> http://library.your.company.name/ they get to the OPAC interface.
>
>
> Okay, but I still will have to integrate the system into the NT 
> network, or am I misuinderstanding something?
> 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?


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.

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.

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.

>>> I appreciate very much every thought on this topic; if anyone has a  
>>> good weblink for a NT/Linux-network introduction I would be 
>>> grateful  as well.
>>
>>
>> The Linux Documentation Project has several HOWTOs on networking for 
>> Linux, here is one:
>> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Networking-Overview-HOWTO.html
>
>
> Thanks for this great link.
> Looks very user-friendly, so I will do my homework!


Have fun!

Greg
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