On Sunday 23 December 2007 08:10:47 primm wrote: > On Friday 21 December 2007 20:28:04 Randall R Schulz wrote: > > On Friday 21 December 2007 11:10, primm wrote: > > > > NFS is kind of ugly itself, don't you think? > > > > > > Ugly? Naah! It's soooo neat. With nis and nfs anyone can login > > > anywhere and get their own files and start work right after they've > > > got a coffee. It just works. Just like NT server before someone > > > downloded a virus. > > > > Well, I guess if someone else is configuring and maintaining it, sure, > > it's wonderful. > > I setup an nfs server to export /home to 5 other clients. The same server > handles nis logins. No eggageration, it took me 1/2 hour most of which was > reading man exports until I discovered that Yast had read it for me > already! I'll bet that some gurus on this list could do it in 5. > > Just curious, but what are my alternatives for nfs? > Love from L
nfs is good, it mostly just works. But v3 has drawbacks in security, so if you're not in total control of the network, it might not be so good nfsv4 + kerberos can provide real authentication and encryption though, so you still don't have to abandon nfs Anders -- Madness takes its toll -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
