Is this really a legitimate question or one posed by a front for Microsoft?
It's not the first time in the past few weeks I've seen someone trolling for
horror stories in a Linux discussion group. Any thoughts on this folks?
Frank Hilliard
Aaron deRozario wrote:
> Greetings all.
>
> As I prepare (read find the time) to set up a Linux network at home i have
> been reading up on NFS. This is apparently the standard Unix file
> sharing/networking system. However whenever I read something about it I
> read things like "its slow, horrible, etc" (nfs-howto) or "has security
> problems so I wouldn't recommend it" (the new Linux Administration Made Easy
> guide - found it on freshmeat yesterday).
>
> Is NFS really that bad? - I am yet to read anything positive about it. If
> it is that bad is there some kind of Linux networking system that is
> better/quicker/more secure than NFS? I want to use a Linux server and
> workstation setup
>
> What's the opinion of all you Linux/Unix gurus/sysadmins out there of NFS?
>
> Aaron
