[olug] Help a small NPO

[Christopher R. White]

Help me Help me!

Don't you love emails that start this way?  Seriously though, I am in 
dire need of some help designing a lightweight Linux system to replace 
my company's dying Win 2k PDC server.  I have found a new (used of 
course) box with a dual processor board (PIII 550) and 512 MB RAM w/ a 
20 gig main drive and 6 - 4 gig scsi drives setup as a level 5 raid 
(currently mapped to /home) - it's an old gateway server that was 
donated - we're a very POOR non-profit org. 

I know enough about Linux to be VERY DANGEROUS, but am always looking to 
learn more.  I've read through the Samba 3.x admin guide and honestly 
didn't understand much of what I read, but in my typical fashion, I 
plunged ahead anywayz.  I've got this machine setup currently using 
ClarkConnect 3.2r1 and have it (I think) running as a primary domain 
controller, but whenever I attempt to add a machine to the domain, I get 
an error stating that there was a problem authenticating due to a 
conflict of credentials (researched this, but came away with more 
confusion than answers). 

This machine ideally would replace an older PII Win 2k server currently 
acting as a primary domain controller and hosting roaming profiles which 
I inherited when I became the "Computer Guy" and a SmoothWall router 
that just burns away power we don't need to burn - the latter is not a 
requirement though.  If ANYBODY has any experience with these types of 
setups, or is interested in helping me to learn more to accomplish this 
goal, I would be GREATLY appreciated and will buy you a nice steak 
dinner (or your preference) at your restaurant of choice.  Wish I could 
offer more, but I'm on VERY limited budget.

Chris from Kearney - remember me from the July installfest?