Re: smbmount vs NFS opinions

2000-04-06 Thread Hossein S. Zadeh
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Frank Carreiro wrote: > My guess would be he isn't happy with NFS because it can be used to > comprimise a system. Of course I would have to say "Don't export your > home directory" ::grinz:: Well, I have never were impressed with NFS security at all these days with all

Re: smbmount vs NFS opinions

2000-04-04 Thread Frank Carreiro
My guess would be he isn't happy with NFS because it can be used to comprimise a system. Of course I would have to say "Don't export your home directory" ::grinz:: I believe NFS would be the better choice. I can't imagine SMB being all that fast or secure. It's NetBios encapsulated in IP if I

RE: smbmount vs NFS opinions

2000-04-04 Thread Robert Burton
>At 14:39 4/04/00, you wrote: >>On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Jason Bradley Nance wrote: >> >> > > I am not a fan of NFS, but don't you lose ALL security permissions of >> > > files and directories if you use smbmount to backup your computer? >> > >> > No. You can configure Samba to preserve file permissio

Re: smbmount vs NFS opinions

2000-04-04 Thread Robert Burton
>On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Robert Burton wrote: > >> I have a Snap Server 4000 (rack mount) that I need to backup. I can >> connect to the Snap via smbmount (which I've already done) and by NFS. >> But I haven't used NFS before. Is using one better then the other? Any >> opinions on which would be be

RE: smbmount vs NFS opinions

2000-04-03 Thread Darryl Harvey
At 14:39 4/04/00, you wrote: >On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Jason Bradley Nance wrote: > > > > I am not a fan of NFS, but don't you lose ALL security permissions of > > > files and directories if you use smbmount to backup your computer? > > > > No. You can configure Samba to preserve file permissions, etc

RE: smbmount vs NFS opinions

2000-04-03 Thread Hossein S. Zadeh
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Jason Bradley Nance wrote: > > I am not a fan of NFS, but don't you lose ALL security permissions of > > files and directories if you use smbmount to backup your computer? > > No. You can configure Samba to preserve file permissions, etc. Could you elaborate on that? Samb

RE: smbmount vs NFS opinions

2000-04-03 Thread Jason Bradley Nance
> I am not a fan of NFS, but don't you lose ALL security permissions of > files and directories if you use smbmount to backup your computer? No. You can configure Samba to preserve file permissions, etc. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: smbmount vs NFS opinions

2000-04-03 Thread Hossein S. Zadeh
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Robert Burton wrote: > I have a Snap Server 4000 (rack mount) that I need to backup. I can > connect to the Snap via smbmount (which I've already done) and by NFS. > But I haven't used NFS before. Is using one better then the other? Any > opinions on which would be better t

smbmount vs NFS opinions

2000-04-03 Thread Robert Burton
Hello all.. I have a Snap Server 4000 (rack mount) that I need to backup. I can connect to the Snap via smbmount (which I've already done) and by NFS. But I haven't used NFS before. Is using one better then the other? Any opinions on which would be better to connect with to do the backups? The