Dear All,

I am new to Linux and I want to configure my RH9 desktop into the Windows domain, but dont know how to doit? and i heard something about Samba but no idea about from where to download and how to install? plesae guide me to do so, so that i can configure my desktop into the windows network.

Thanks,
Nishant

First of all, my 2 cent: if your are new to linux then don't use an out of age distribution such as redHat9. Try something newer. If you really want to stick to redhat, get fedora core 4 or 5. If you're looking for a nice very user friendly first time linux experience, try ubuntu. You can find all links to download on http://iso.linuxquestions.org/

Now, assuming that your redHat9 machine is correctly installed, that up2date has been configured and that you subscribed to the correct channels....

Install samba:
Then go to http://samba.org and read the docs to configure, more specifically the chapter dedicated to "windows NT domains" in the "Using Samba" online book (in your case, look for the title "Samba as a Domain Member Server" near the end of the chapter).