On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Andrew Beattie wrote:
Microsoft consider telnet to be part of sfu, so when your 90 days
are up you loose [the rather sucky] MS telnet.
If it matters to you to have telnet logins to a Windows box, you can also
get it via IIS. I don't rememeber the details of how it's set up,
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Andrew Beattie wrote:
Microsoft consider telnet to be part of sfu, so when your 90 days
are up you loose [the rather sucky] MS telnet.
If it matters to you to have telnet logins to a Windows box, you can also
get it via IIS. I don't rememeber the details of how it's set
A bit of general advice needed please people.
An anonymous client of mine has identified a need to access Unix
filesystems from Windows PCs.
We, of course suggested Samba as the perfect solution. Unfortunately
this client has all of its Unix and networking support outsourced
and this outsource
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 02:38:07AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
1/ How much chance is there that a Samba installation will cause
problems? How stable is Samba?
As long as you set os level = 65 or lower, I have seen no problems with
Samba that aren't inherent in the SMB protocol, and I've used it
Dave Cross wrote:
A bit of general advice needed please people.
An anonymous client of mine has identified a need to access Unix
filesystems from Windows PCs.
3/ Are there any other solutions we can look at - like, perhaps,
an NFS client for Windows?
Microsoft themselves do
On 1 Jul 2003 at 2:38, Dave Cross wrote:
3/ Are there any other solutions we can look at - like, perhaps,
an NFS client for Windows?
There's http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/nfs/index.html , for
example (Hummingbird Maestro). I have no experience with the product,
though.
Cheers,
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 02:38:07AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote:
1/ How much chance is there that a Samba installation will cause
problems? How stable is Samba?
It's possible - if you don't know how to set it up. You can destroy
whole (network) neighborhoods with it ;) PDC wars, constant master
On 1 Jul 2003 at 11:01, Dean Wilson wrote:
Microsoft themselves do http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/
which has an NFS client. Its about as supported as all the other Windows
products :)
You can even ask for a 90day eval disk with training material on it.
I got one free with the most
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Dave Cross wrote:
1/ How much chance is there that a Samba installation will cause
problems? How stable is Samba?
Very few although make sure you have a recent version if you're using
Windows 2000 or XP anywhere. There were some issues that needed to be
resolved when
Dave Cross wrote:
So, a few questions:
1/ How much chance is there that a Samba installation will cause
problems? How stable is Samba?
Samba is quite stable, but well, it has the same problems than NetBIOS :
it's bandwidth consuming (designed for LANs). And if the machines are
open on the
Dave Cross wrote:
So, a few questions:
1/ How much chance is there that a Samba installation will cause
problems? How stable is Samba?
I've used Samba for two years at my last company without a hitch. The company
where I'm at now has been using it for 18 months, again not with the slightest
Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
Alternatives :
WebDAV ? IIRC Windows' file explorer supports it natively.
It does. I'm not sure however that using WebDAV as a full time file system is a
happy choice, not sure it's been tested that intensively. It'll also be slow.
--
Robin Berjon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robin Berjon wrote:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
Alternatives :
WebDAV ? IIRC Windows' file explorer supports it natively.
It does. I'm not sure however that using WebDAV as a full time file system is a
happy choice, not sure it's been tested that intensively. It'll also be slow.
So
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 11:49:02AM +0200, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
Dave Cross wrote:
So, a few questions:
3/ Are there any other solutions we can look at - like, perhaps,
an NFS client for Windows?
There are NFS clients for Windows. Alternatives :
WebDAV ? IIRC Windows' file
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 12:09:56PM +0200, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
Robin Berjon wrote:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
Alternatives :
WebDAV ? IIRC Windows' file explorer supports it natively.
It does. I'm not sure however that using WebDAV as a full time file system is a
happy
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Dave Cross wrote:
1/ How much chance is there that a Samba installation will cause
problems? How stable is Samba?
Plenty of people here have more informed opinions than me, I'll leave them
to fight it out
2/ Is there anyone that will provide a commercial support contract
Microsoft themselves do http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/
which has an NFS client. Its about as supported as all the other Windows
products :)
You can even ask for a 90day eval disk with training material on it.
Microsoft consider telnet to be part of sfu, so when your 90 days
are up you loose
On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 05:46 AM, Alex Hudson wrote:
You would have to be an a-class muppet though.
/me pouts
now i see how you really feel about me. i'm going to take my ball and
go home.
On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 05:38 AM, Dave Cross wrote:
1/ How much chance is there that a Samba installation will cause
problems? How stable is Samba?
i've been using samba at my job for four years. i started using it to
share a single filesystem to unix, windows, and mac clients (also had
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