Ubuntu and a MS domain

[Fudzy]

Phew, what a morning! Got Ubuntu server up and running with Mambo installed. Now how do I go about giving it a domain name on the Microsoft network that runs in our company. ie. Currently I'm looking at the site through its IP as I cant access it through a host name.

I've read about a program called Samba, will this allow me to access folders on the Linux box? Currently I'm using an FTP server running in another virtual machine to copy files etc.

 

[Nod]

Yes. Samba will give you file access like any other windows share. To use the hostname, I would recommend putting it in the DNS, so that your browser can resolve the hostname to an IP. Making it part of the domain is not needed for this.

 

[bekdik]

Get your network administrator to update the dns files.