So my solution to this is setup multiple clients. I have the base share setup in Samba, Netatalk and NFS. It is a little more work, but each flavor offers great flexibility. Getting to a netatalk share with a mac is a breeze, same with samba for windows. I've had enough trouble in the past with samba shares suddenly not working for my Mac clients that it was worth offering netatalk.
-James On Feb 2, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Kimball Larsen wrote: > At work we have several linux servers, a few (1 or 2 kicking around) windows > boxen, and a bunch of macs. For our file sharing needs on the lan I've > historically just set up a samba share or 2 on one of my linux servers and > things have just worked. > > Today they stopped just working. > > I would bore you with the nitty-gritty details of OS X's new hatred towards > the particular samba config I'm using, but I think that is ancillary to the > question I really want to ask: > > What other methods are there out there for simple file sharing on a private > lan? > > My requirements are simple: I want all the computers on my lan to have easy > access to a centralized share (i.e., support for windows, OS X, and linux > clients). I want this share to be hosted on one of my linux servers so it > will integrate more easily with my backup system. I don't care much about > security - sensitive stuff is not stored there - more like "hey, I need those > latest images" or "can you put up that disk image so I can burn 20 copies", > etc. I only really care that you can't see this share unless you are on the > lan, as I pretty tightly control what devices are allowed on the lan in the > first place. > > Is Samba really my best option? > Is NFS more viable (how's windows support?) > Should I pursue a netatalk setup? Will this work for my windows clients? > Is there something else I've not heard of that I really should try? > > Thanks! > > > - Kimball > http://www.kimballlarsen.com > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
