On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:09:48 +0800 "m.w.chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is it better to use samba to share files for LAN?
>
Like everything else... If your lan is totally Linux, then NFS will serve you
very well. You'll find it fast, easy to setup and admin. Although there's
windows utilities that will integrate them into an NFS network, the best ones
are commercial apps and can be very expensive.
Samba is mostly useful if you happen to provide lan services to windows users.
Samba integrates seamlessly into a mix of linux and windows nearly perfectly.
The only sore point I have with samba is that there is no perfect common ground
between file systems in regards to file attributes and user ownership. Depending
how you have your smb.conf setup... copying a file across samba to a linux
client and it'll end up with the execute attribute turned on...
If you are just getting into setting up your first linux lan, then NFS is
perfect.
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