From: "Adam Flinton" 

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"Who compared file sharing on DOS with a multi-user system?"

Rich

"Anyway NFS worked and Samba didn't, for me, this time and the last
time = a couple of years ago."

We had to use that to load our app onto the big solaris box. The box was =
in a big EDS complex just outside of Stockholm & we had a bunch of =
laptops (our own) & Win98 boxes provided by Coop/KF. Ended up using the
= a Win 98 box as a cd server over NFS.

Honestly I don't find much difference between the 2 but also on Linux =
I've not had many problems with SMB. At home the Inet server/latop runs =
it as does my Linux Athlon beastie & I just click on my network places
= etc & there are the machines. Can happily interact with NT4S &
Win2K = Pro.

From the Linux end I just start LinNeighborhood & "scan as
user" & there = are all the boxes & I then click on the folder
& I want & then mount (I = have set it such that I have a home/SMB
directory into which SMB shares = are mounted) & then go to that dir
& copy files etc. At one point in = softfab I had a bat file which
mounted certain SMB shares on login (on = Windows) & a similar thing
for the linux boxes & that was it.=20

Adam
  "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message =
news:3de2a33f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Who compared file sharing on DOS with a multi-user system?

  Anyway NFS worked and Samba didn't, for me, this time and the last =
time a couple of years ago.

  Paul
    "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message =
news:3de28e1f{at}w3.nls.net...
    Nope but comparing filesharing on DOS (which as just a single user =
system was not easy) & a multiuser system (including the security =
settings as to whether one is allowed to share it or not) is fairly =
falacious. Heck filesharing on DOS was such a bitch that for a while we =
used Novell DOS cos that did make it easy.

    Adam
      "Rich"  wrote in message news:3de2817c{at}w3.nls.net...
         You can ask Paul about specifics of problems he encountered.  =
Nothing you mention below absolves the samba folks of any responsibility =
for problems with usability of samba.

      Rich

        "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message =
news:3de1ea9d{at}w3.nls.net...
        That's in part because Samba most often runs on multiuser =
systems. Getting Samba to the level of sharing everyone's home dir's is =
the default setting (on most linux'es I've known) & there's a bunch of
= GUIs tool to help share other folders (e.g. SWAT). Yes you have to know =
if you've got a PDC & you want that to do authentication etc. Maybe
it's = coz I've been running smb on linux for a long while now but it isn't
= that hard on say Mandrake 9. Certainly in terms of being an SMB client =
using something like LinNeighborhood makes SMB Client stuff easy.=20

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"Who compared file
sharing on DOS with =
a multi-user=20
system?"
 
Rich
 
"Anyway NFS worked and
Samba didn't, =
for me, this=20
time and the last time a couple of years ago."
 
We had to use that to load our
app onto =
the big=20
solaris box. The box was in a big EDS complex just outside of Stockholm =
& we=20
had a bunch of laptops (our own) & Win98 boxes provided by Coop/KF.
= Ended up=20
using the a Win 98 box as a cd server over NFS.
 
Honestly I don't find much difference =
between the 2=20
but also on Linux I've not had many problems with SMB. At home the Inet=20
server/latop runs it as does my Linux Athlon beastie & I just click
= on my=20
network places etc & there are the machines. Can happily interact =
with NT4S=20
& Win2K Pro.
 
From the Linux end I just start =
LinNeighborhood=20
& "scan as user" & there are all the boxes
& I then =
click on=20
the folder & I want & then mount (I have set it such that I
have = a=20
home/SMB directory into which SMB shares are mounted) & then go to
= that dir=20
& copy files etc. At one point in softfab I had a bat file =
which=20
mounted certain SMB shares on login (on Windows) & a similar thing
= for the=20
linux boxes & that was it. 
 
Adam

  "Paul Ranson" <paul{at}barkto.com>">mailto:paul{at}barkto.com">paul{at}barkto.com>
wrote in =
message news:3de2a33f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Who compared file sharing on
DOS with =
a=20
  multi-user system?
   
  Anyway NFS worked and Samba didn't, =
for me, this=20
  time and the last time a couple of years ago.
   
  Paul
  

    "Adam Flinton" <adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>">mailto:adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com">adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>
= wrote in=20
    message news:3de28e1f{at}w3.nls.net...
    Nope but comparing filesharing on =
DOS (which as=20
    just a single user system was not easy) & a multiuser system =
(including=20
    the security settings as to whether one is allowed to share it or =
not) is=20
    fairly falacious. Heck filesharing on DOS was such a bitch that for =
a while=20
    we used Novell DOS cos that did make it easy.
     
    Adam
    

      "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:3de2817c{at}w3.nls.net...
         You
can ask Paul =
about specifics=20
      of problems he encountered.  Nothing you mention below =
absolves the=20
      samba folks of any responsibility for problems with usability of=20
      samba.
       
      Rich
       
      

        "Adam Flinton" <adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>=20">mailto:adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com">adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>=20
        wrote in message news:3de1ea9d{at}w3.nls.net...
        That's in part because Samba =
most often=20
        runs on multiuser systems. Getting Samba to the level of sharing =

        everyone's home dir's is the default setting (on most linux'es =
I've=20
        known) & there's a bunch of GUIs tool to help share other =
folders=20
        (e.g. SWAT). Yes you have to know if you've got a PDC & you =
want=20
        that to do authentication etc. Maybe it's coz I've been running =
smb on=20
        linux for a long while now but it isn't that hard on say =
Mandrake 9.=20
        Certainly in terms of being an SMB client using something like=20
        LinNeighborhood makes SMB Client stuff easy. 
         

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