From: "Paul Ranson" 

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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