Hello,
If I have a file server that has a samba server installed and is accessed by both linux and WinXP machines do I really need NFS installed and running? My understanding is that samba is more secure than NFS and since one can mount a samba server from a linux machine via mntsamba I am wondering if there is any reason to use NFS? Any thoughts?
Lance
NFS allows for faster transfers than I can achieve through samba, with less CPU utilisation than smbd. I'm not sure where the "lack of security" comes from though; NFS is quite easy to lock down. It's one downside is that IIRC it doesn't use encrypted passwords and so is vulnerable to packet sniffing, but since I only use it on small trusted LAN's this isn't a concern for me.
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