I think CIFS may handle user ids better than Samba.  For me that is  
just conjecture based on my reading at this point.

Blake

On Dec 13, 2007, at 1:23 PM, John Klimek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've been searching and trying to read up on this as much as  
> possible but I just can't find the answer...
>
> What benefit does CIFS provide over samba for home users that really  
> don't require any security and just want a basic "file dump" server?
>
> (As you've no doubt seen my previous posts, all I care about is  
> setting up the fastest file server possible to serve to my Windows  
> machines).
>
> CIFS sounds nice but it's only available in Solaris Express so I'm  
> assuming it's only beta and still experimental?
>
> Do I even need CIFS?  Would it improve network file performance or  
> do anything else for me?
>
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