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Date:      Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:50:23 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Nitebirdz <nitebirdz@uswest.net>
To:        Joe Warner <jswarner@uswest.net>
Cc:        freebsd newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: NFS vs Samba
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006230848160.8285-100000@coimbra.oss.uswest.net>
In-Reply-To: <39503CC0.66F83861@uswest.net>

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On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Joe Warner wrote:

> What's better for file sharing across a network?  NFS or Samba?  ...Just
> 
>                            curious.  Thanks.
> 

It depends on your network.  Samba is ideal if Windows clients need to
access files and printing services in your UNIX servers.  On the other
hand, if you work in an all-UNIX shop (lucky you!), then NFS would
obviously be the way to go.  I believe it is also possible to get some
NFS clients for Windows, but I'm not sure any of them is free.  Also heard
that Win2K may have it installed by default, but don't quote me on this.


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