On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:30:32 +1300 Patrick Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
you can connect two linux machines via samba, but many regard it as a
retrograde step, using a "foreign" network protocol to connect. think of
two english speakers whose omly method of communication is through a
swahili speaking third party, bith english speakers have to translate
their thoughts into swahili,
Actually SMB is not a Microsoft networking protocol but it was first developed by Digital. Of course M$ has made it it's own to a certain extent but if you want to connect a Linux box to a VMS box SMB is the way to go.
(VMS is/was a Digital operating system the software that runs this list runs on it)
and back again. nfs is a more usual way between linux machines. Try taking a look at the howtos at http://www.tldp.org - specifically http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html
The way to connect 2 *nix boxen is via NFS (networked file system IIRC).
When set up correctly the remote direct is just mounted transparently on the local filesystem.
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