Take a look at ClearOS (www.clearfoundation.com) [1] Very easy to setup using a web interface. Includes Samba, Mysql, HTTP, FTP, Mail server, Web proxy, content filter, IDS, etc. You can have either simple file sharing, or have this as a domain controller. Also, they have a thing called Flexshares, where you set up the share through the interface and you can configure access via multiple ways (i.e. access the share via the web). At Thursday, 01-07-2010 on 16:14 Olwe Bottorff wrote: I've got friends (really) -- who want to use an old box as a router/firewall/file server at the business. I told them Linux can do this -- all-in-one. But I've never been a serious admin type. Am I right that one box with Linux can do these things? They have a modem from their ISP patched into a Netgear Web Safe Router (RP614v3) and four Win boxes (2XP, Vista, Win7) plugged into the router. Could this router be deactivated and used as just a hub? Would file serving be done by Samba? O GM,MN Links: ------ [1] http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/overview.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100701/6c0c603f/attachment.htm