2008/12/31 Anna <ascho...@gmail.com>: > 2008/12/31 David Leeming <leem...@pipolfastaem.gov.sb> >> I want to do a new install but can you let me know if I can install Samba >> and how to set up access to a shared folder on a Windows PC on the LAN as I >> have a large content collection and it takes ages to copy it all again by >> flash drive. Or maybe there is a better way to do it. > > I was curious about that, too, so I looked into other alternatives as Samba > can sometimes be a pain to configure. It's also yet another service to run > on the XS. > > I found an sshfs utility for Windows called Dokan. And it's free for > non-commercial purposes! This might make more sense than fooling with > Samba, especially if you only have one Windows machine to deal with.
Good tip about sshfs - I didn't know there was a workable Windows implementation. Another route could be the Fuse-for-windows implementation I frequently hear about. But we have another path we an follow :-) There are some patches for Moodle 1.9, written by me (and included in 2.0) that add support for WebDAV. So this is a separate thread on this matter ("easy file sharing for XS"?). So far - Samba - fastest, most mature - hard to configure clients (authentication issues, etc) - assumes reliable connectivity - clients lock up briefly if connection vanishes - does not integrate well with moodle - not NAT-friendly - ssshfs - slow - well supprted on linux, Dokan (?) for Win - authentication issues - does not integrate well with moodle - NAT friendly - WebDAV - a bit slow - well integrated with Moodle (including authentication) - we still have to do some minor auth work as we don't use username/pass scheme which WebDAV implementations assume - NAT friendly - patches for moodle already exist, well tested and written by... me! cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel