WINDOWS NT VERSUS UNIX NT & UNIX OVERVIEW by Zhuo Hong Liu NT: interface, command line and registry Thin client & terminal server--multiuser & multitasking.Domain analogous to NIS. Manage users by group Unix : AIX, BSDI, Digital UNIX, FreeBSD, IRIX, Linux, SCO, Solaris, etc. Command and Gui CSh, KSh KShBash
USER ADMINISTRATION NT & UNIX User manager for domain. It updates the domain database and is available on Primary Domain Control and Backup Domain Control The Security Account Manager is maitained in Domain Controller One set of permission - three groups allows users to belong to multiple groups access files owned by groups The multi-user design support remote access at multiple level
TCP/IP Microsoft networking depends heavily on browsing Resource sharing is performed using Server Message Blocks(Being replace by Common Internet File System) Network Information Service -. Built on the client/server model . NIS server(master and slave) contain data files called maps. NFS-Net work File system.
FUNCTIONALITY(1) All the users can do is to access files and printer after logging on.They can not run any application. They can only run special applications that have been written in two pieces,ie. Client/server applications. By logging on in to a UNIX server, they can run any application. It includes graphic-based applications since X-server software is standard issue on all UNIX OS
FUNCTIONALITY(2) Need separate e-mail server Only provide file-level security No any mechanism for limiting a user’s disk usage Drive letters which impose hardware limitation Send mail Program software for performing this elementary control shared network file systems to be mounted at any point in a directory structure.
FUNCTIONALITY(3) The likes of a resources for system administration is not found. The scripting language and a “cron facility” for scheduling jobs to run at fixed intervals
OTHERS Need to reboot often(caused by little bit change) Server is static. No kernal. One size fit few More stable Kernal can be built to fit the specific computing needs
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CONCLUSION NT & UNIX each has specific strength and weakness What will happen next ? Reference: Window NT and UNIX integression NT in Netware environment UNIX for programmer and users WWW.Microsoft. com