The server in question has a particular directory available on the local filesystem (/mydisk/mydir). There is an NFS server running on this machine which serves up this directory and makes it available as /nfs/mydir on the same machine (automount cfg files are rdisted to all local machines).
It it better to configure Samba to serve the dir from the local filesystem (/nfs/mydir) or from the NFS mount (/mydisk/mydir)? I would guess it is better to use the filesystem directly, but that's not what our old sysadmin did. Mike Vidiot wrote: >>OK, I've been searching the archives and google with little luck... >> >>I have a directory which needs to be shared with a number of UNIX >>clients via NFS and with Windows clients via Samba. What is the best >>way to do this? Should I configure Samba to share the actual NFS mount? >>Or should I configure Samba to share the actual filesystem directory? >> >>Reason I ask, we were using the former method (sharing the NFS mount) >>and Windows users were complaining about flaky Samba shares. > > > Interesting, My current layout is a Linux server running RH 7.1, a new > Linux server running FedoraCore 2 (to be updated to 3) and two Windblows > boxes (one 98SE and one W2K). The new Linux server will be taking over the > duties of the old. In the meantine, the home partition and the website > partition are on the new server. The old Linux box Samba servers to the > two Windblows boxes, but it mounts the two partitions via NFS. I never > reconfigured the Samba server after I moved the data from those two > directories to the new server. Samba happily serves up the local and NFS > files without a wimper. The Windoze boxes have never complained. My > transfer speed has never had a problem and I not seen a hiccup. > > Of course, my little home network doesn't have the traffic that you do, so > your mileage will probably vary. The point is that Samba will happily share > a NFS mount. But, if I read what you have for a configuration, the server > is your Samba server box and the NFS server box. Samba can't serve a NFS > mounted file when it isn't mounted locally. In your case, you'll NFS export > the directory to the Unix boxes and Samba share the same directory to the > Windblows boxes. That is basically what we do at work with a whole bunch > more Unix boxes and Windblows boxes. > > Did I understand you setup correctly? > > MB -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
