On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 08:45:28PM +0000, Scott-Fleming, Ian wrote: > Is it a problem to share a folder via Samba that is actually an NFS import > from another machine? > > Looking at Samba documentation, it seems it shouldn't be. But I find only > this one reference to re-exporting an NFS import via Samba (this is under > "Samba 3.6 Features added/changed"): > > http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_3.6_Features_added/changed#NFS_quota_backend_on_Linux > > which says "A new nfs quota backend for Linux has been added that is based on > the existing Solaris/FreeBSD implementation. This allows samba to communicate > correct diskfree information for nfs imports that are re-exported as samba > shares." > > But googling the problem, I find numerous discussions, where most contain > something along the lines of this: > > http://serverfault.com/questions/68330/samba-sharing-an-nfs-mount-point > > > which says, "The Samba manual mentions that re-exporting a NFS mountpoint > over Samba does not work correctly. NFS is not 100% POSIX compatible, so some > things work differently than what Samba expects. I.e. you should run Samba > on the same server where you run the NFS service, exporting the local disks > directly." > > I also came across various folks claiming one needs to play with the timing > parameters in smb.conf. > > We're currently running Samba 3.5.10, under RHEL 6.2 (3.5.10 is the version > currently supplied with RHEL 6.2). Machine Q nfs-mounts machine M's data > disks, and re-exports them via Samba for users to access. We are > experiencing problems with the NFS share occasionally becoming very slow > (both for machine Q and the machines that mount them via Samba), and I'm > wondering if the re-export is the problem. > > Question 1: When was samba re-export of NFS import considered stable? I.e., > Do I need to update to 3.6 (move ahead of RHEL distribution) for this to be > OK? > Question 2: Can someone point me to more official Samba documentation on > exporting?
Bottom line - it'll mostly work. Caveat. Don't come complaining here when the locking doesn't work :-). Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
