Brian Candler wrote: > > You can get rid of Samba by switching to NFS. NFS may have its problems, but > at least it has reasonably well understood semantics in a Unix environment. > Trying to map Unix semantics to Microsoft (SMB) and back to Unix again is > pretty hairy IMO.
Heh. I am trying to move away from NFS. I want a cross-platform network filesystem which supports authentication (other than kerberos) as well as fine-grained access control. Additionally, NFS on a switched gigabit network can drop a lot of packets in UDP mode, actually making it slower than TCP mode. Switching to TCP mode suddenly removes the last benefit of using NFS: speed. But I do agree with you about the challenges of mapping back and forth and back again. BR, Mike -- http://www.netauth.com - LDAP Directory Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
