How can I set up a Linux, Windows & Mac network?

I'm trying to set up a network in my home, where all the users can log in to any computer and still have their same documents, settings, everything like that, like you would expect in a business or school.





The server I will be using will be an Ubuntu 8.04 one, which I also want to serve my website, as it is powerful enough to do so (plus I don't want to pay for hosting when I've got a good enough computer to do it for my self!)





The client computer consist of Windows Xp, Windows Vista, Ubuntu Linux %26amp; Mac operating systems, all of which are reasonably powerful.





I need users to be able to log on to each, with their one username and password, and find their same documents and settings





I don't want windows server, I will be using Ubuntu Server 8.04How can I set up a Linux, Windows %26amp; Mac network?
okay the mac windows and linux can use smb shares or you could setup FTP on the sevrer and alocate storage, then setup the linux server with LDAP and make sure that the machines are on the same domain/workgroup the mac defaults to WORKGROUP unless another is chosen then create the accounts on the server and that should be all that is needed to ensure secuirty create accounts on the other computers but give read only access to the hard drives. give yoruself write access and everyone else read only in xp and mac. otherwise create the single account and have them mount the mapped drives off the server as shortcuts and require username and password to access their folders. the mac does smb,NFS ETC. go the the connect to server option in the go menu. and decide what way you want this done. ie remote desktop to the server etc.How can I set up a Linux, Windows %26amp; Mac network?
On top of my head:





Windows: Microsoft SMB style network, trickier you need to investigate Linux's Samba/SMB suite further, and also here's the tricky part: Available for Mac?





Linux: native TCP/IP network, but while NFS is considered as a standard service it was never adopted by others as part of entire TCP/IP so you need to shell out some money for Windows and Mac.





Mac: AppleTalk, don't make me laugh, this is not a choice you want to go with.