From: "Robert Comer" 

> Especially since I discovered an NFS client in MSDN, so there was no cost
or
> onerous licencing...

That sounds interesting, I'll have to take a look.

- Bob Comer


"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:3ddfc1aa{at}w3.nls.net...
> I wanted to export directories from Unix to Windows, so NFS seemed
natural.
> Especially since I discovered an NFS client in MSDN, so there was no cost
or
> onerous licencing...
>
> Paul
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3ddfbb5e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Why doesn't it 'just work'?
> >
> > Good question.
> >
> > > Why can't I point at a directory and simply 'share'?
> >
> > It doesn't always "just work" and it's not integrated
into Linux in any
> > significant way.
> >
> > > Every time I come back to this program it's got worse. Silent failure
> and
> > > hugely complex configuration files hidden behind a friendly user
> interface
> > > that simply doesn't help.
> >
> > No argument there from me on that. 
> >
> > > So I've decided to use NFS, which seems much better integrated into
> > Windows
> > > than SMB has been into Unix.
> >
> > Ewww.  I hate NFS too.  I usually end up cobbling Samba to work in the
> long
> > term and in the short term I use smbclient, which works pretty well but
is
> > pure cmdline stuff., or FTP. I use LPR/LPD for printing instead of
samba.
> >
> > - Bob Comer
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
> news:3ddfb669{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Why doesn't it 'just work'?
> > > Why can't I point at a directory and simply 'share'?
> > >
> > > Every time I come back to this program it's got worse. Silent failure
> and
> > > hugely complex configuration files hidden behind a friendly user
> interface
> > > that simply doesn't help.
> > >
> > > So I've decided to use NFS, which seems much better integrated into
> > Windows
> > > than SMB has been into Unix.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> >
> >
>

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