9 Nov
2003
9 Nov
'03
08:13
On Saturday 08 November 2003 07:47, Jerry Feldman wrote:
If you want to share files between Linux (or Linux and Unix) systems, then NFS is the way to do it. But, if you want to share files with a Windows box then use Samba. In both cases the client machine mounts the exported directory as a file system. While Windows can use NFS, it is an addon where the Linux kernel can support both NFS as well as SMBFS (eg. Windows shares).
Actually for data shareing, samba makes sense even if there is no Windows box in sight. Its easier to set up and deal with, somewhat more secure, and more flexible. I don'r recommend it for system stuff, but for a data share its pretty flexible. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen