I guess I'm just lucky, I haven't had any of the problems you folks have.
On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 7:31 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) < openindi...@nedharvey.com> wrote: > > From: Robbie Crash [mailto:sardonic.smi...@gmail.com] > > > > I always see this bandied about. Following the Oracle documentation on > how > > to join OI to a domain for the built in CIFS serving has worked for me, > > flawlessly on 10 different OI installations. > > > > Every time I hear about people with issues with it, they're always using > > Samba. What benefit does using an additional module have over the built > in > > CIFS server? > > I wasted ages, following oracle documentation, configuring sharesmb, > getting crap for results. Adding a little more info - One of the > applications I support is Acronis TrueImage. A ghost-like whole-system > backup software you run inside windows. When using sharesmb, I was able to > access the server just fine to create backups, but that's only half the > requirement. You need to also be able to boot from the rescue media, which > is a dos-like environment, and then *read* the backup. For this, sharesmb > was simply failing. Not making the server visible on the network. If you > don't care about that, there's a good chance your sharesmb experience would > be better than mine. > > > > Is it just that people want to use smb.conf instead of > > managing shares through zfs set sharesmb? > > That wasn't a goal, but it turned out to be a positive side-effect. > > I found, if I were to manage permissions via solaris ACL's, the > implementation is completely different from anything else - so I would have > to learn yet another platform specific idiosyncrasy. Which I would be > willing to do, but don't have any specific desire to do. When I finally > gave up and went for samba, I was happy that I didn't need to learn > anything. > > I seem to recall, there is a simple option to turn off ACL's and use posix > permissions instead. Which is significantly simpler, if you don't need ACL > granularity. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Seconds to the drop, but it seems like hours. http://www.openmedia.ca https://robbiecrash.me _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss