Here is my question.

I have a Red Hat Linux 9 server I choose server over workstation. I want to make this system join my windows 2003 domain. I am new to linux and hope this is quick command that I can do, or is there some configuration to this. I also have a installed vncserver from Realvnc and I don't know if I configured it right or know how to start the services. I want to be able to connect from my windows xp system. Can some really help me it is urgent I get this done by friday.

what do you mean 'join windows 2003 domain'?

you want to be able to read linux from windows?

or do you simply want to have your subnets all include both win and lin... which if that is the case i would just give the linux box an ip # and submask that would be under your win box, no?

as far as vnc, you need to make sure linux has the server and win has a client.

good luck.

I have installed vnc but my client in windows states that the hostname is not there?

I heard you can join your linux box to and ad with samba

it depends on what you want to do.

- vnc-- to take control of other pc (100%) but there is little or no 'drag & drop' capabilities.

-- nx (nomachines.com) is like vnc, but much more powerful, with full xwindows support and limited 'drag & drop' features.

- samba - good for linux to windows file sharing and prining. but it is slow and sometimes annoying to setup.

- ssh for linux (putty for windows) will do quick transfers of files between the two os's. this is secure, but somewhat slow.

-ftp -- is not good for local transfers because it is hard to set up and sometimes you cannot set it up at all because of the way ftp is designed (however sftp, which is like ssh has commands that ssh does not, and visa versa.)

- cp and scp -- these commands with the others complete the features necessary to make connections between linux to linux only. it is fast and allows for 'recursive' copying (ie stuff nesting in dirs).

however windows, as usual, is designed to not work with any os's very well (jncluding itself) lol

let us know..