Hi Afshin, Well, this conversation got a little out of control, but I'd just like to chip in to explain that setting share options via the filesystem is for me one of the major benefits of ZFS.
I configure both NFS and CIFS sharing via the ZFS commands, setting share names, read & write access, & configuring root access. The advantage of doing it that way is that all the settings are a property of the pool. It means my settings are protected almost as well as my data, and both disaster recovery and maintenance are a piece of cake. I've already tested disaster recovery by doing a send/receive to a second server and bringing the pool online. Those two simple steps were enough to recover all my data, permissions, and shares. The only extra step I'd have needed for a true recovery would have been to rename the server. Ross PS. I'm with the Sun guys about the rest of this thread. Setting up authentication is not exactly hard and Microsoft themselves disable guest access. I'm happily using CIFS on my home network with Windows and Linux clients, and a girlfriend who hasn't a clue about authentication using it with no problems. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ cifs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/cifs-discuss
