and how long do we have to wait, until NFS is realy supported in Ebox? because Samba is not a real alternative to NFS for a real Linux user! Andreas
Am Donnerstag, 15. Oktober 2009 10.15:15 schrieb Radoslav Dejanović: > Steve Nadjari wrote: > > > > Can someone please kindly tell me what is the best scenario or ideas > > for my situation, of how to networked them together. I've read a > > posting with similar situation and he was using Samba, and then both > > Windows and Linux clients (via Linux's Samba Client) can connect well. > > But I also understand that Linux has their own native connection way, > > which would not require Samba, and eBox is also Linux. So, do we need > > Samba for those Linux Machines? > > Not necessarily. You probably talk about NFS > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System_(protocol) ) which is > an originally Unix protocol that is still being used on Unix (and Linux) > servers. (and there are a handful of several other methods as well) > > If you're new to Unix, the best solution would be to stick to eBox and > provide Linux users with Samba shares; if you wish to use NFS, you'll > have to set it up manually; Linux clients can easily use Samba shares > (although they will have to authenticate before accessing he share, but > even that task is largely automated in popular Linux GUI-s like KDE or > Gnome). For a newcomer, it really is the best approach to keep it as > simple as possible. > > To conclude: you don't need Samba for your Linux clients, but you do > want it because eBox will provide you with a simple and straightforward > administration for all your clients, regardless of their OS. Adding more > services, if they aren't absolutely necessary, does not provide as much > benefits as potential administration headaches. If your Linux users are > Ok with Samba shares, stick to it. > > Rado > > > _______________________________________________ > ebox-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ebox-platform.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user > _______________________________________________ ebox-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ebox-platform.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ebox-user
