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NOTE Linux distros require a lot more manual configuration of both

Windows machines and Linux machines to get them to play nicely on a

Windows workgroup. A quick Internet search will show many step-by-step

instructions for those of you interested.

Workgroups lack centralized control over the network; all systems

connected to the network are equals. This works well for smaller networks

because there are fewer users, connections, and security concerns to think

about. But what do you do when your network encompasses dozens or

hundreds of users and systems? How can you control all of that?

User Names and Passwords As you’ll recall from Chapter 13, when you

log on to a Windows computer, you need to enter a user name and password.

Windows makes this easy by giving you a pretty logon interface, as shown in

Figure 19-26. Entering a user name is identification; putting in a password

that matches that user name in the OS provides authentication, the process

that enables a system to give a user access to system resources.

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