CentOs 6 Server linkup with Windows 7

sukh

Hello All,

I am using Windows platform for last 7 years now for some reasons i am switching my server platform to CentOS6 to which i am totally a newbie, i do not want to make my other machines in the network to be on CentOS they will run on Windows 7 OS.

I have 10 users who are using Win7 for various PHP and other development work which I want to synchronies at one place (intranet) i.e. CentOS 6 server.

I have installed CentOS 6 then Xammp over it, Samba and SWAT both.

I am seeking a detailed response to my queries,

How can I synchronize my development work to one machine i.e. CentOS 6?

How the user accounts will be created and managed?

What more tools I need to install and how, to make whole system work.

I'll be very grateful to all the respective responders

Regards,

Sukh

mfillpot

Using Samba on the Centos server is a good first step. You can also enable ftp for less chatty communications between the users.

However for development synchronization I highly recommend setting up a git server to have a version control system for the development.

Git server setup guide for Centos - http://www.csci.csusb.edu/turner/wiki/CentOS_Server_Git_Setup
Windows Git client - http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/
Official Git application - http://git-scm.com/

As for user authentication you could setup GIT to use generic authentication or setup the Centos server to authenticate against your Active Directory Server (http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/ch-authconfig.html).