hey. we were dealing with this issue of network linux permissions at work. We needed a network location to boot off of, so we used NFS. In order to boot off a partition, you DEFINITELY need to have the correct linux permissions in place(ie you cant boot linux off fat or ntfs). we used NFS and were able to boot off of it. So, it definately provides a network location with linux style permissions. heres BNFS client for windows:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324055 Overall, im pretty sure NFS will let you have linux permissions AND windows access all on a netork location. I dont know anything about Mac so i cant help u there. On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:24 PM, P Purkayastha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Cummings wrote: > >> As I mentioned a while back, I have a LAN at home with a couple of >> computers on it and want a convenient way to share files, mainly so we >> can put our music on a centralized file server and listen to it from any >> computer in the house. The only computers I care about connecting are >> running Ubuntu or OS X. I'd certainly like to be able to limit who on >> the LAN can access the files, and I'd prefer to also find something that >> would support the Unix file permissions on the disk. What's the best >> way to share these files? >> I've used Samba for this in the past, which worked okay, but is a little >> weird with permissions due to its Windows origins. That was an >> acceptable solution, but not ideal, and I ended up spending some time >> fine-tuning the smb.conf file. Maybe NFS is a better option? Or can >> WebDAV be used for this reasonably (I asked about this possibility in >> the past)? As I said, Samba was a little bit of a pain to get working >> the way I wanted. Is there a better solution or an equally good but >> especially easy solution? >> >> Thanks for suggestions, >> >> Nick >> >> >> >> >> > fuse+sshfs may be a nice way of "transparently" using the files. A google > search shows that fuse+sshfs is available on Mac too. > -- Neil Sikka
