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Overview of Windows 2000 Professional and UNIX Connectivity

Services for UNIX 2.0 provides a set of additional features to Windows NT and Windows 2000 that allows for greater interoperability with existing UNIX servers in the enterprise. Services for UNIX 2.0 provides fully supported and fully integrated interoperability components that allow customers to integrate Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems into their existing UNIX environments. It also provides manageability components that enable customer organizations to simplify network administration and account management across both platforms.

What's New for Windows 2000 Professional and UNIX Connectivity

The add-on pack Services for UNIX version 2.0 adds to Services for UNIX version 1.0 the following new capabilities:

Two-way password synchronization between Windows NT and UNIX.

Administration of Services for UNIX through Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

Gateway for NFS allows client computers running Microsoft® Windows® 95 or Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 to access NFS shared files.

Network File System (NFS) version 3.0 support.

Network Information Service (NIS) support.

Additional UNIX Utilities support.

Migration wizard to migrate NIS source files to Active Directory^TM directory service on a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server configured as a domain controller.

Username Mapping Server

ActiveState Perl engine.

With the growing adoption of the Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems in established UNIX environments, the need for the two platforms to interoperate has increased.

To connect a computer running Windows 2000 Professional to UNIX computers, you need protocols and services that allow the two networking systems to communicate with each other. Windows 2000 Professional uses the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol for file and print services. CIFS is an enhanced version of the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. UNIX, however, uses the Network File System (NFS) protocol for file services and, for print services, uses Line Printer (LPR)/Line Printer Daemon (LPD) or personal computer network file system daemon (PCNFSD).

Services for UNIX 2.0 implements a subset of Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network protocols that enables interoperability of Windows 2000 Professional and UNIX.

Services for UNIX 2.0 provides a set of additional features to Windows NT and Windows 2000 that allow for greater interoperability with existing UNIX servers in the enterprise.

Services for UNIX 2.0 is made up of multiple components that allow you to interoperate Windows 2000 Professional and UNIX in the way that best fits your environment. Table 25.1 lists the components that are included with Services for UNIX 2.0 and provides a description of their capabilities.

Table 25.1 Components in Services for UNIX 2.0