Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
i didn't had the time to debug it to find out the problem. I would like to know what happened there. The good thing is that a future client of my company works with the same accounting software and the server runs FBSD so if something goes wrong i'll have the time to debug properly. it may be some new problems with locking if you say about accounting software. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
if it could work for 2 months and then refused - something must have been changed on the client software side. No Mr. Puchar nothing changed on the client side. so what changed on server side so it stopped working after 2 months? in unix there are no "magic things" - things works or not. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Manfred Usselmann < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:43:03 +0200 (CEST) > Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > the software admin told me that the permissions should be very open > > > on the directories and files > > > so i made them 0777. the software worked like a charm for about 2 > > > months but after that > > > at some point the client couldn't access the files on the samba > > > server. > > > > if it could work for 2 months and then refused - something must have > > been changed on the client software side. > > Yes, something must have changed. Most likely the problem had nothing > to do with FreeBSD against Linux. I appears that the fresh setup fixed > it. > I have never said that it has something to do with FBSB. And unfortunately i didn't had the time to debug it to find out the problem. I would like to know what happened there. The good thing is that a future client of my company works with the same accounting software and the server runs FBSD so if something goes wrong i'll have the time to debug properly. all the best, v > > -- > Manfred Usselmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:43:03 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the software admin told me that the permissions should be very open > > on the directories and files > > so i made them 0777. the software worked like a charm for about 2 > > months but after that > > at some point the client couldn't access the files on the samba > > server. > > if it could work for 2 months and then refused - something must have > been changed on the client software side. Yes, something must have changed. Most likely the problem had nothing to do with FreeBSD against Linux. I appears that the fresh setup fixed it. -- Manfred Usselmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Wojciech Puchar < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the software admin told me that the permissions should be very open on the >> directories and files >> so i made them 0777. the software worked like a charm for about 2 months >> but >> after that >> at some point the client couldn't access the files on the samba server. >> > > if it could work for 2 months and then refused - something must have been > changed on the client software side. No Mr. Puchar nothing changed on the client side. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
Valentin Bud wrote: hello list, a little story about samba and FreeBSD. I had to make a file server for a company that uses a program for accounting. that software works with lots of files to do the job. the software admin told me that the permissions should be very open on the directories and files so i made them 0777. the software worked like a charm for about 2 months but after that at some point the client couldn't access the files on the samba server. The files were there with the correct permissions but the software refused to access them with an error that they don't exist. I've tried to debug samba but couldn't find [...] Here's another story. Our accounting packages also dump their files, databases and settings onto network drives. This is what we tend to do: 1.- Create a dedicated network drive for every software package with its own letter. Let's say package XYZ gets letter Y:. All users connecting to Samba must load network drive for XYZ as Y:. Otherwise some client instances may complain that the database was installed on Y: but there's nothing because it is actually somewhere else. 2.- Create user xyz and group xyz. Then map the XYZ network drive as xyz:xyz. By this, we avoid permission problems. 3.- Whenever we call tech support, we tell them that our network drives are located on a Windows 2003 machine. This saves us unnecessary headaches and warranty issues. We've been doing this for years and it works like a charm. Regards, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
the software admin told me that the permissions should be very open on the directories and files so i made them 0777. the software worked like a charm for about 2 months but after that at some point the client couldn't access the files on the samba server. if it could work for 2 months and then refused - something must have been changed on the client software side. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
Hello list, On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Valentin Bud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > hello list, > > a little story about samba and FreeBSD. > > I had to make a file server for a company that uses a program for > > accounting. that software works with lots of files to do the job. > > > > the software admin told me that the permissions should be very open on > the > > directories and files > > so i made them 0777. the software worked like a charm for about 2 months > but > > after that > > at some point the client couldn't access the files on the samba server. > > The files were there with the correct permissions but the software > refused > > to access them with > > an error that they don't exist. I've tried to debug samba but couldn't > find > > a clue, i have updated > > FreeBSD because i thought that the problem is with seekdir because the > > software was usign lot of files > > and directories. That didn't solve the problem either. > > I have searched the web for a guidance but couldn't find any. The > > interesting part comes when > > the company decided to change the OS to openSUSE. That did the trick. So > > first > > thing that comes in mind is that FreeBSD + samba + that accounting > software > > just don't work together. > > I didn't had the chance to debug it as i should because they needed a fix > > ASAP. > > > > I have always used FreeBSD for web/file/VoIP server and never had a > problem. > > I even have a FBSD > > box that server as a file server and there are lots of files and 10 depth > > directories and it works like a charm. > > > > I have no conclusions, is just a story of my own to help you make an > > opinion. > > > > Are you using the same samba config file from FreeBSD on OpenSUSE? > Do you mind showing us that smb.conf. Unfortunately i didn't configured the OpenSUSE server so i don't have access to the box. AFAIK the configuration is the same. Standard samba config file just changing the netbios name and adding the shares. In the next few weeks i will be able to access the box and i will come back with the both setups. I forgot to mention that i used FBSD 6.2. all the best, v > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!" >--from a /. post > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Valentin Bud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello list, > a little story about samba and FreeBSD. > I had to make a file server for a company that uses a program for > accounting. that software works with lots of files to do the job. > > the software admin told me that the permissions should be very open on the > directories and files > so i made them 0777. the software worked like a charm for about 2 months but > after that > at some point the client couldn't access the files on the samba server. > The files were there with the correct permissions but the software refused > to access them with > an error that they don't exist. I've tried to debug samba but couldn't find > a clue, i have updated > FreeBSD because i thought that the problem is with seekdir because the > software was usign lot of files > and directories. That didn't solve the problem either. > I have searched the web for a guidance but couldn't find any. The > interesting part comes when > the company decided to change the OS to openSUSE. That did the trick. So > first > thing that comes in mind is that FreeBSD + samba + that accounting software > just don't work together. > I didn't had the chance to debug it as i should because they needed a fix > ASAP. > > I have always used FreeBSD for web/file/VoIP server and never had a problem. > I even have a FBSD > box that server as a file server and there are lots of files and 10 depth > directories and it works like a charm. > > I have no conclusions, is just a story of my own to help you make an > opinion. > Are you using the same samba config file from FreeBSD on OpenSUSE? Do you mind showing us that smb.conf -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!" --from a /. post ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
hello list, a little story about samba and FreeBSD. I had to make a file server for a company that uses a program for accounting. that software works with lots of files to do the job. the software admin told me that the permissions should be very open on the directories and files so i made them 0777. the software worked like a charm for about 2 months but after that at some point the client couldn't access the files on the samba server. The files were there with the correct permissions but the software refused to access them with an error that they don't exist. I've tried to debug samba but couldn't find a clue, i have updated FreeBSD because i thought that the problem is with seekdir because the software was usign lot of files and directories. That didn't solve the problem either. I have searched the web for a guidance but couldn't find any. The interesting part comes when the company decided to change the OS to openSUSE. That did the trick. So first thing that comes in mind is that FreeBSD + samba + that accounting software just don't work together. I didn't had the chance to debug it as i should because they needed a fix ASAP. I have always used FreeBSD for web/file/VoIP server and never had a problem. I even have a FBSD box that server as a file server and there are lots of files and 10 depth directories and it works like a charm. I have no conclusions, is just a story of my own to help you make an opinion. all the best, v On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Frank Bonnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charles Mason wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Wojciech Puchar >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I am very interrested by feedback of "real world" samba admins running it with FreeBSD or Linux , my boss push hardly to use Linux but I would much prefer FreeBSD >>> do what your boss wants. it's his company, and it's his right to make bad >>> decision >>> ___ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]" >>> >>> >> If he's a good boss (as the poster seem to be implying) then he will >> be asking because he hasn't made his mind up his mind completely, but >> yeah don't get fired over it :) >> >> From what I have seen, both are perfectly capable and since its samba >>> >> that will be doing most of the actual work its probably doesn't matter >> that much. Of course the next question if he goes with Linux, is which >> distro. Perhaps the question should be FreeBSD v Red Hat v Ubuntu v >> SUSE v latest flavour of the month. Since keeping it patched is >> essential, these sorts of admin features do matter. >> >> I am not sure what File System you plan on using but FreeBSD does have >> one killer feature Linux doesn't, ZFS. Linux thanks to licensing >> issues doesn't really have a solid implementation yet (although there >> have been attempts). If you need its features and can put a decent >> amount of RAM in to the file server, to good be a good choice and >> perhaps just the angle you are looking for. >> >> To be honest I haven't used ZFS in serious production yet although I >> have been running it at home on my DIY 1.25tb NAS without any issues >> for nearly a year. Still if you have spent a lot an expensive RAID >> system disabling it and using ZFS's superior (unless you really spent >> a lot on that RAID hardware) redundancy may not go down to well. >> >> Hope that's of some help. >> >> Charlie M >> > > Hello > > Thanks for your answer, filesystem is not really my problem I'll > use a Netapp server for home directories. > > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
Charles Mason wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am very interrested by feedback of "real world" samba admins running it with FreeBSD or Linux , my boss push hardly to use Linux but I would much prefer FreeBSD do what your boss wants. it's his company, and it's his right to make bad decision ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" If he's a good boss (as the poster seem to be implying) then he will be asking because he hasn't made his mind up his mind completely, but yeah don't get fired over it :) From what I have seen, both are perfectly capable and since its samba that will be doing most of the actual work its probably doesn't matter that much. Of course the next question if he goes with Linux, is which distro. Perhaps the question should be FreeBSD v Red Hat v Ubuntu v SUSE v latest flavour of the month. Since keeping it patched is essential, these sorts of admin features do matter. I am not sure what File System you plan on using but FreeBSD does have one killer feature Linux doesn't, ZFS. Linux thanks to licensing issues doesn't really have a solid implementation yet (although there have been attempts). If you need its features and can put a decent amount of RAM in to the file server, to good be a good choice and perhaps just the angle you are looking for. To be honest I haven't used ZFS in serious production yet although I have been running it at home on my DIY 1.25tb NAS without any issues for nearly a year. Still if you have spent a lot an expensive RAID system disabling it and using ZFS's superior (unless you really spent a lot on that RAID hardware) redundancy may not go down to well. Hope that's of some help. Charlie M Hello Thanks for your answer, filesystem is not really my problem I'll use a Netapp server for home directories. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
Frank Bonnet schrieb: I am on the way to setup a brand new Samba server with OpenLDAP backend I am very interrested by feedback of "real world" samba admins running it with FreeBSD or Linux , my boss push hardly to use Linux but I would much prefer FreeBSD so good arguments are welcome ( my boss is a smart guy , if I give enough litterature that says FreeBSD is better, he will be OK ) In the dark ages of FreeBSD 5.x ;) we've used Linux (Debian, RedHat) but nowadays I would certainly prefer FreeBSD again, because: - The software in the ports is close to what comes from "upstream", Linux-Distros often keep old versions or inhouse modifications which can lead to disasters like e.g. the Debian OpenSSL bug or unuseable LDAP-servers that are delivered with RedHat. - Linux-Distros are conservative in updating software versions or fixing bugs in their so called "stable" releases. In most cases (RedHat, Debian) the fixes are "backported" to older versions, in other cases (Ubuntu) fixes may break your system or bugs are simply ignored. If you need a newer version of a certain software, you will very soon find yourself using backports from foreign repositories or start rolling your own packages. But if you have to leave the package management system of your distro anyway, why not use the comfort of FreeBSD ports? - Once you are familiar with it, FreeBSD is easier to manage IMHO, it's clean and mostly well documented. - FreeBSD has jails. :) More seriously I'm also searching for eventuals benchmarks that compare those two configurations. I don't think that there are great performance differences nowadays. bye, Uwe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Frank Bonnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I am on the way to setup a brand new Samba server with OpenLDAP backend > > I am very interrested by feedback of "real world" samba admins running it > with FreeBSD > or Linux , my boss push hardly to use Linux but I would much prefer FreeBSD > so good arguments are welcome ( my boss is a smart guy , if I give enough > litterature that says FreeBSD is better, he will be OK ) > > More seriously I'm also searching for eventuals benchmarks that compare > those two configurations. > > Thanks a lot. > > Hi This is probably not a reliable or objective comparison, but I get much better performance at home b/w a fbsd7/windows vista client and a fbsd6.2 server (freenas) over a 11g wireless network than in the office b/w a windows xp client and an ubuntu 8.04 server over a 100 Mbps ethernet network (even if I am the only person using the server). my server at home runs on an assembled 1.8 GHz athlon xp system with 512 MB RAM. The one in the office is a Wipro NetPower server with a 3 GHz Pentium 4 and 2 GB RAM. both servers run the default samba versions they came with, and both clients are kept upto date it could possibly be a problem with the default ubuntu server configuration, but i have not checked it out yet -- Gautham Ganapathy http://lisphacker.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
A boss hires someone that knows what he/she is talking about and relies on his/her vision. so - he/she should not persuade what OS will be, just WHAT should be done. To get informed this person might get his/her information before he/she decides what the best solution might be; I do hope he/she doesn't take any notice on your stupid reply. what reply is stupid ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
Uit een eerder bericht (17-10-2008 17:42): do what your boss wants. it's his company, and it's his right to make bad decision A boss hires someone that knows what he/she is talking about and relies on his/her vision. To get informed this person might get his/her information before he/she decides what the best solution might be; I do hope he/she doesn't take any notice on your stupid reply. Jos Chrispijn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
If he's a good boss (as the poster seem to be implying) then he will be asking because he hasn't made his mind up his mind completely, but yeah don't get fired over it :) in most cases and with system doing ONLY samba, both linux and freebsd will work fine. so his boss is not smart for sure persuading his employer linux (or whatever), instead of just saying "make it work fine, whatever you do" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
decision This is off-topic, but I wholly disagree. As a professional employee, it's my job to advise my boss on technological matters, yes - advise no - persuade! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Friday 17 October 2008 18:55:19 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 05:13:45PM +0100, Charles Mason wrote: > > From what I have seen, both are perfectly capable and since its samba > > that will be doing most of the actual work its probably doesn't matter > > that much. Of course the next question if he goes with Linux, is which > > distro. Perhaps the question should be FreeBSD v Red Hat v Ubuntu v > > SUSE v latest flavour of the month. Since keeping it patched is > > essential, these sorts of admin features do matter. > > And did this bug ever get addressed? If so, when/what commit? > > http://www.vnode.ch/fixing_seekdir lib/libc/gen/readdir.c revision 1.15 date: 2008/05/05 14:05:23; author: kib; state: Exp; lines: +7 -6 Do not read away the target directory entry when encountering deleted files after a seekdir(). The seekdir shall set the position for the next readdir operation. When the _readdir_unlocked() encounters deleted entry, dd_loc is already advanced. Continuing the loop leads to premature read of the target entry. Submitted by: Marc Balmer Obtained from: OpenBSD MFC after: 2 weeks -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 05:13:45PM +0100, Charles Mason wrote: > From what I have seen, both are perfectly capable and since its samba > that will be doing most of the actual work its probably doesn't matter > that much. Of course the next question if he goes with Linux, is which > distro. Perhaps the question should be FreeBSD v Red Hat v Ubuntu v > SUSE v latest flavour of the month. Since keeping it patched is > essential, these sorts of admin features do matter. And did this bug ever get addressed? If so, when/what commit? http://www.vnode.ch/fixing_seekdir The workaround is very, very painful when it comes to directories which have many files. That workaround is to disable the name cache entirely in Samba: directory name cache size = 0 -- | Jeremy Chadwickjdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 04:34:00PM +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: > Hello > > I am on the way to setup a brand new Samba server with OpenLDAP backend > > I am very interrested by feedback of "real world" samba admins running it > with FreeBSD > or Linux , my boss push hardly to use Linux but I would much prefer FreeBSD > so good arguments are welcome ( my boss is a smart guy , if I give enough > litterature that says FreeBSD is better, he will be OK ) > > More seriously I'm also searching for eventuals benchmarks that compare > those two configurations. Linux-based systems and FreeBSD systems should support Samba roughly identically well. I seem to recall seeing some benchmarks for FreeBSD network server operations under heavy load just crushing comparative Linux-based servers, but I don't recall where. Anyway, if you can find benchmarks to that effect, or at least benchmarks that don't show Linux substantially beating FreeBSD, you should be covered. Add in some stuff about how FreeBSD is better (for your purposes, at least) in general, regardless of the specific Samba stuff, and you should have a win. FreeBSD support for Samba is, in my limited experience (haven't used Samba much in the last four years), excellent. So is Samba support on, for instance, Debian. I believe you'll have to look outside of Samba support for reasons to pick one over the other. -- Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] print substr('Just another Perl hacker', 0, -2); pgpfTFH33bcA2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I am very interrested by feedback of "real world" samba admins running it >> with FreeBSD >> or Linux , my boss push hardly to use Linux but I would much prefer >> FreeBSD > > do what your boss wants. it's his company, and it's his right to make bad > decision > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > If he's a good boss (as the poster seem to be implying) then he will be asking because he hasn't made his mind up his mind completely, but yeah don't get fired over it :) >From what I have seen, both are perfectly capable and since its samba that will be doing most of the actual work its probably doesn't matter that much. Of course the next question if he goes with Linux, is which distro. Perhaps the question should be FreeBSD v Red Hat v Ubuntu v SUSE v latest flavour of the month. Since keeping it patched is essential, these sorts of admin features do matter. I am not sure what File System you plan on using but FreeBSD does have one killer feature Linux doesn't, ZFS. Linux thanks to licensing issues doesn't really have a solid implementation yet (although there have been attempts). If you need its features and can put a decent amount of RAM in to the file server, to good be a good choice and perhaps just the angle you are looking for. To be honest I haven't used ZFS in serious production yet although I have been running it at home on my DIY 1.25tb NAS without any issues for nearly a year. Still if you have spent a lot an expensive RAID system disabling it and using ZFS's superior (unless you really spent a lot on that RAID hardware) redundancy may not go down to well. Hope that's of some help. Charlie M ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
On Friday 17 October 2008 10:42:05 Wojciech Puchar wrote: > do what your boss wants. it's his company, and it's his right to make bad > decision This is off-topic, but I wholly disagree. As a professional employee, it's my job to advise my boss on technological matters, and to persuade him to change course if I think he's making a bad decision. I'm not paid to do data entry, but to know enough about my job to know what's best for my employer. The final decision is his, but until he's made it, I'll do what I can to steer him. -- Kirk Strauser ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
I am very interrested by feedback of "real world" samba admins running it with FreeBSD or Linux , my boss push hardly to use Linux but I would much prefer FreeBSD do what your boss wants. it's his company, and it's his right to make bad decision ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Installing Samba : FreeBSD Vs Linux ?
Hello I am on the way to setup a brand new Samba server with OpenLDAP backend I am very interrested by feedback of "real world" samba admins running it with FreeBSD or Linux , my boss push hardly to use Linux but I would much prefer FreeBSD so good arguments are welcome ( my boss is a smart guy , if I give enough litterature that says FreeBSD is better, he will be OK ) More seriously I'm also searching for eventuals benchmarks that compare those two configurations. Thanks a lot. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"