Thanks,
BOFH1234
From: "Eric Boehm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Eric Boehm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bastard operater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] SAMBA and NFS Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:35:28 -0400
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:23:37PM -0400, bastard operater wrote: >>>>> "BOFH1234" == bastard operater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
BOFH1234> Can samba connect to an NFS share and then re-export BOFH1234> that share so my windows XP users can connect to it? BOFH1234> Basically I have a NFS share that all of my windows XP BOFH1234> users need read-only access to. The goal of this BOFH1234> project is to replace an old MS Gateway Services for BOFH1234> Novell server (using IPX) with something that can do the BOFH1234> same thing but over IP. I am pretty sure Novell and AD BOFH1234> can share files using Native File Access, but that would BOFH1234> require the Novell admins to get CIFS setup on the BOFH1234> Novell side. The Novell server we are using has NFS BOFH1234> already setup and getting that much setup was like BOFH1234> pulling teeth.
Samba can share any filesystem that the Samba server can see. Your performance will be degraded because you have the dual overhead of Samba and NFS, but you can share the filesystem.
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