On 07/11/13 10:08, Laurent Blume wrote: > On 10/07/13 15:04, James Carlson wrote: >> I know that others here have said dreadful things about the CIFS server, >> but I can't say I've understood the fuss. :-/ > > My experience with it for a very simple set up has been less than > stellar. But also, I was using it on S11, which has it still evolving, > and a good part of the issues (not all) were from that evolution and the > ever changing syntax.
I've been using it for a while, first on OpenSolaris. > But seriously, even if it worked perfectly, how useful is it to spend > Illumos/OI resources on that? What does IPS do that Samba cannot? Simple: integration with ZFS. That's the killer feature for me, because it makes the CIFS exports as easy to manage as my NFS exports. > Is it > worth continuing it without the access that Oracle has to MS > documentation and their resources? I think that kind of pessimistic question could apply to anything in OpenIndiana. Why bother with the kernel itself ... ? > Why not join forces with Samba and focus on enhancing that experience > rather than have a 3rd tool, less popular than Samba and less supported > than Solaris CIFS? It works for me. I used to use Samba, but I had many problems with it, and I'm really not at all interested in "developing" anything for it. The sole purpose to me is to support a couple of ugly legacy Windoze systems, and the less time I spend thinking about it, the better. I don't doubt that a Samba developer would feel quite differently. Your opinion is valid, but it just doesn't apply to me. :-/ -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carls...@workingcode.com> _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss