Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 iun 11, 01:02:18, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/05/11 at 03:59pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > (I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > > > machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 05 iun 11, 10:09:33, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/05/2011 07:59 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > >>(I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > >>machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -- > >>to gi

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-06 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/06/11 at 07:53am, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:02 AM, William Hopkins wrote: > > On 06/05/11 at 03:59pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > > >> > (I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > >> > machin

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-06 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 16:03 -0400, Dan wrote: > > I think that sshfs is a file system oriented to the user, and NFS can > be used for many users. NFS should be more robust if there are many > users connected. > > Moreover, with sshfs each user will have to mount his folder and enter > his passwo

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-06 Thread Dan
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:32 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 14:51 -0400, Dan wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Simon Brandmair wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> On 3/6/2011 19:50 Axel Freyn wrote: >> >> [...

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-06 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 14:51 -0400, Dan wrote: > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Simon Brandmair wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On 3/6/2011 19:50 Axel Freyn wrote: > >> [...] > >>> For NFSv4 this has changed. You can use NFSv4 in different mo

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-06 Thread Dan
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Simon Brandmair wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 3/6/2011 19:50 Axel Freyn wrote: >> [...] >>> For NFSv4 this has changed. You can use NFSv4 in different modes. The >>> easy one has the same problem. > > NFSv4 is a g

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-06 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:02 AM, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/05/11 at 03:59pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: >> > >> > (I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop >> > machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-05 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/05/11 at 03:59pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > (I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > > machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -- > > to give your machines permanent symbolic names. Makes

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-05 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Simon Brandmair wrote: > Hi, > > On 3/6/2011 19:50 Axel Freyn wrote: > [...] >> For NFSv4 this has changed. You can use NFSv4 in different modes. The >> easy one has the same problem. NFSv4 is a giant pain in the keister, not worth the headaches. The NFSv4 access p

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-05 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/05/2011 07:59 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >> On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> >>> (I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop >>> machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -- >

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/05/2011 07:59 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: (I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -- to give your machines permanent symbolic names. Makes things easier t

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > > (I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -- > to give your machines permanent symbolic names. Makes things easier > that way.) If you're lucky the wireless

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-05 Thread Pier Paolo
2011/6/4 John A. Sullivan III > On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 15:27 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > Boy have we really digressed on this thread! If anyone objects, please > say so and I'll spawn another one. > > To digress a little more... I'm planning a network share for unison backup, some other dis

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi, On 3/6/2011 19:50 Axel Freyn wrote: [...] > For NFSv4 this has changed. You can use NFSv4 in different modes. The > easy one has the same problem. > However, you can switch on strong authentification (based on Kerberos), > then it's safe (the server verifies that the client has the correct > K

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/04/2011 06:21 PM, Doug wrote: On 06/04/2011 02:53 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/04/2011 01:31 AM, Doug wrote: [snip] I opened the suggested url, and read the following intro: "*Reader Prerequisites*: To get the most from this article, understand the following concepts before reading: basic

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-04 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/04/11 at 07:21pm, Doug wrote: > On 06/04/2011 02:53 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > >On 06/04/2011 01:31 AM, Doug wrote: > >[snip] > >>I opened the suggested url, and read the following intro: "*Reader > >>Prerequisites*: To get the most from this > >>article, understand the following concepts befor

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-04 Thread Doug
On 06/04/2011 02:53 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/04/2011 01:31 AM, Doug wrote: [snip] I opened the suggested url, and read the following intro: "*Reader Prerequisites*: To get the most from this article, understand the following concepts before reading: basic unix command line tools, text editor

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-04 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 15:27 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 1:33 PM, John A. Sullivan III > File ownership is a constant confusion between the two basic systems. > *DO NOT* try to manage the same file server and accessing its material > with the two different protocols. I'

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 1:33 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 23:08 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Dan wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have two linux servers. One file server (debian) that is running >> > samba and one application server (red

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-04 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 23:08 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Dan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have two linux servers. One file server (debian) that is running > > samba and one application server (redhat). I would like to mount the > > shares of the file server in the

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-04 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Doug wrote: > On 06/03/2011 11:28 PM, William Hopkins wrote: >> >> On 06/03/11 at 10:02pm, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> >>> On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: >>> [snip] NFS is by far simpler to use in pure Linux environment, Samba is for

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-04 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 04 iun 11, 02:31:28, Doug wrote: > > > I opened the suggested url, and read the following intro: "*Reader > Prerequisites*: To get the most from this > article, understand the following concepts before reading: basic > unix command line tools, text editors, > DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, netmask, gate

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/04/2011 01:31 AM, Doug wrote: [snip] I opened the suggested url, and read the following intro: "*Reader Prerequisites*: To get the most from this article, understand the following concepts before reading: basic unix command line tools, text editors, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, netmask, gateway" I'm

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/04/2011 01:10 AM, Doug wrote: On 06/04/2011 01:55 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/04/2011 12:48 AM, Doug wrote: [snip] No, I don't have a network up. As I said, I really don't know anything about networks. What I want is not only file sharing, but the ability to use the Win 7 machine as a p

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-03 Thread Doug
On 06/04/2011 02:00 AM, William Hopkins wrote: On 06/04/11 at 01:48am, Doug wrote: On 06/04/2011 01:30 AM, William Hopkins wrote: On 06/04/11 at 12:58am, Doug wrote: On 06/03/2011 11:28 PM, William Hopkins wrote: On 06/03/11 at 10:02pm, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sull

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-03 Thread Doug
On 06/04/2011 01:55 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/04/2011 12:48 AM, Doug wrote: [snip] No, I don't have a network up. As I said, I really don't know anything about networks. What I want is not only file sharing, but the ability to use the Win 7 machine as a print server. (Linux is not fit to be

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-03 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/04/11 at 01:48am, Doug wrote: > On 06/04/2011 01:30 AM, William Hopkins wrote: > >On 06/04/11 at 12:58am, Doug wrote: > >>On 06/03/2011 11:28 PM, William Hopkins wrote: > >>>On 06/03/11 at 10:02pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > [snip] > >>>

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/04/2011 12:48 AM, Doug wrote: [snip] No, I don't have a network up. As I said, I really don't know anything about networks. What I want is not only file sharing, but the ability to use the Win 7 machine as a print server. (Linux is not fit to be a print server since it takes forever to pri

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-03 Thread Doug
On 06/04/2011 01:30 AM, William Hopkins wrote: On 06/04/11 at 12:58am, Doug wrote: On 06/03/2011 11:28 PM, William Hopkins wrote: On 06/03/11 at 10:02pm, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: [snip] NFS is by far simpler to use in pure Linux environment, Samba

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-03 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/04/11 at 12:58am, Doug wrote: > On 06/03/2011 11:28 PM, William Hopkins wrote: > >On 06/03/11 at 10:02pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > >>[snip] > >>>NFS is by far simpler to use in pure Linux environment, Samba is for > >>>Windows networks. NFS

Re: Samba or NFS--tangent

2011-06-03 Thread Doug
On 06/03/2011 11:28 PM, William Hopkins wrote: On 06/03/11 at 10:02pm, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: [snip] NFS is by far simpler to use in pure Linux environment, Samba is for Windows networks. NFS has no passwords, just install it with apt-get, and dec

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/03/11 at 10:02pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > [snip] > > > >NFS is by far simpler to use in pure Linux environment, Samba is for > >Windows networks. NFS has no passwords, just install it with apt-get, > >and declare /etc/exports in the server, a

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Dan wrote: > Hi, > > I have two linux servers. One file server (debian) that is running > samba and one application server (redhat). I would like to mount the > shares of the file server in the application server. The problem is > that the usernames are very differ

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/03/2011 11:43 AM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: [snip] NFS is by far simpler to use in pure Linux environment, Samba is for Windows networks. NFS has no passwords, just install it with apt-get, and declare /etc/exports in the server, and mount the shares in the clients /etc/fstab. That's all

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread Dan
- >> > > From: "Jari Fredriksson" >> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> > > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2011 11:58:15 AM >> > > Subject: Re: Samba or NFS >> > > >> > > 3.6.2011 18:08, Dan kirjoitti: >> >

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread William Hopkins
: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2011 11:58:15 AM > > > Subject: Re: Samba or NFS > > > > > > 3.6.2011 18:08, Dan kirjoitti: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have two linux servers. One file server (debian

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi, On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 01:17:35PM -0400, William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/03/11 at 12:43pm, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jari Fredriksson" > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2011 11:5

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/03/11 at 12:43pm, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Jari Fredriksson" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2011 11:58:15 AM > Subject: Re: Samba or NFS > > 3.6.2011 18:08, Dan kirjoitti: > > Hi, &

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread John A. Sullivan III
- Original Message - From: "Jari Fredriksson" To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, June 3, 2011 11:58:15 AM Subject: Re: Samba or NFS 3.6.2011 18:08, Dan kirjoitti: > Hi, > > I have two linux servers. One file server (debian) that is running > samba and

Re: Samba or NFS

2011-06-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
3.6.2011 18:08, Dan kirjoitti: > Hi, > > I have two linux servers. One file server (debian) that is running > samba and one application server (redhat). I would like to mount the > shares of the file server in the application server. The problem is > that the usernames are very different. Samba is

Re: samba or NFS mount

2000-11-27 Thread C. Falconer
At 12:11 PM 11/27/00 +0100, you wrote: DG> I was wondering what would be better to use in this situation. DG> I want to basically be able to have read access to a particular LAN device DG> on which the files are on a NT server and the client(s) that I want to be DG> able to read files (mostly spr

Re: samba or NFS mount

2000-11-27 Thread Emilis
Hello Debian, Saturday, November 25, 2000, 8:52:22 PM, you wrote: DG> Hey Guys, DG> I was wondering what would be better to use in this situation. DG> I want to basically be able to have read access to a particular LAN device DG> on which the files are on a NT server and the client(s) that I want

Re: samba or NFS mount

2000-11-25 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 05:01:29PM -0500, Debian Ghost wrote: > Thank you for the reply. > So samba is the only way to "mount" an NT filesystem? Sounds good... > Do I need to run a samba server on the linux machine or would the server > be an application on the NT machine. I went to samba.org/samba

Re: samba or NFS mount

2000-11-25 Thread Stefan Cars
You do not need to run a samba server to mount filesystems on your Linux box from NT via samba At 17:01 2000-11-25 -0500, Debian Ghost wrote: Thank you for the reply. So samba is the only way to "mount" an NT filesystem? Sounds good... Do I need to run a samba server on the linux machine or wo

Re: samba or NFS mount

2000-11-25 Thread Stefan Cars
There is some NFS products for NT At 16:37 2000-11-25 -0500, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: Hi, AFAIK if the files are on an NT server your only option is samba, although if you really wanted to get weird you could use appletalk wich both NT and GNU/Linux (via netatalk) can speak -Jon -- To UNSUB

Re: samba or NFS mount

2000-11-25 Thread Debian Ghost
Thank you for the reply. So samba is the only way to "mount" an NT filesystem? Sounds good... Do I need to run a samba server on the linux machine or would the server be an application on the NT machine. I went to samba.org/samba to read the FAQs and I'm still a little confused as to what I do to g

Re: samba or NFS mount

2000-11-25 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, AFAIK if the files are on an NT server your only option is samba, although if you really wanted to get weird you could use appletalk wich both NT and GNU/Linux (via netatalk) can speak -Jon