From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 15 07:07:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61B1E16A4CE for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:07:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web14611.mail.yahoo.com (web14611.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4EB6E43D41 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:07:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from plageotakes@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040715070710.59493.qmail@web14611.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.134.154.76] by web14611.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:07:10 PDT Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:07:10 -0700 (PDT) From: peter lageotakes To: Artem Koutchine , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <004001c469b1$a74dacf0$0c00a8c0@artem> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Need a network file system with Windows client and freeBSD server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:07:10 -0000 --- Artem Koutchine wrote: > Hi! > > I need sime kind of network file system which has a > FreeBSD server and > Windows clients (particulary Windows XP) and that > FreeBSD file share > must be mounted on Windows XP under a drive letter. > Windows client > is FAR FAR away and is behind nat. Traffic costs a > lot, so that file system > must not waste it for nothing. Of course, security > is very important and > security based on IP address is impossible, because > client is behind nat. > > I have checked the following: > > 1) Samba3 > > I think i could use it with user security (not share > or maybe mixed) but > i am not sure about making it open to internet and > also i think it wastes > bandwidth. Am i wrong? > > 2) Coda FS > > Nice thing, but i could not figure out how to manage > user passwords > and there is no working windows xp client. I tried > it - not luck for me. > > 3) AFS > > No idea is AFS Windows client exists and no FreeBSD > server. > > 4) NFS > > Well, i like it very much because we use for freebsd > file shareing since > year 2000. Hoever, i could not find free NFS client > for Windows (but, hell, > i'll buy it) but what's worse i get figure out how > to make authorizartion based on > user/password and not on /etc/exports. I need > something more secure. Also, > am not sure about bandwidth usage. > > Any help will be very appriciated. > > > Regards, > Artem Kuchin > General Director of IT Legion Ltd. > Russia, Moscow > www.itlegion.ru > matrix@itlegion.ru > +7 095 232-0338 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hello, I would like to offer an appology for the off topic response: Just a side note about a free NFS client for Windows: "Microsoft's Windows Services for UNIX Now Available Free of Charge" http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5675 Microsoft SFU is made by Interix.com, which in turn is based on OpenBSD. If I am not mistaken, they do have an NFS client. http://www.asia.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/interop/sfu/nfsauth.mspx "Client for NFS – The Windows NFS client component of SFUv3. Client for NFS allows the machine on which it is installed to access and use NFS resources anywhere on the network" Pete __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail