[mdlug] Linux server, mixed clients

[Robert G. Brown]

I'll ask!


On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:09:29 -0400, "Robert Adkins" <radkins at impelind.com> wrote:

>	Mike,
>
>	There are (or will be) security concerns with both NFS and Windows
>filesharing. If you implement both, then you are going to need to stay on
>top of two different services, in regards to security concerns.
>
>	Sticking with Samba for all filesharing needs may end up being the
>least time intensive setup to go with.
>
>	-Rob
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
>> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Michael ORourke
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:50 PM
>> To: MDLUG's main mailing list
>> Subject: [mdlug] Linux server, mixed clients
>> 
>> Lug nuts,
>> 
>> I have a small site in which I added a Linux server and set 
>> up simple Samba file sharing.  When I set it up a few years 
>> ago, the only clients on the network were Win 2k and XP Pro.  
>> So I just shared out a couple of directories via Samba and 
>> mapped them to the workstations.  Pretty basic setup.  Now I 
>> have a need to add a few more workstations to the network, 
>> and since the hardware is older recycled equipment, I have 
>> loaded Ubuntu on them.  Here's my question...  I would like 
>> to set them up with access to the same shares as the Windows 
>> workstations on the server, but not sure the best way to go 
>> about that.  Should I export them via NFS, or use samba on 
>> the Linux client to attach to the samba shares on the Linux 
>> server?  Is there a downside of doing either?  I'm curious 
>> what other folks have done.
>> 
>> -Mike
>> 
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