From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 20 05:41:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA20535 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 05:41:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA20530 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 05:41:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.8.8/8.8.3) id IAA10392; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 08:38:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19980220083815.60383@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 08:38:15 -0500 From: Norman C Rice To: Johann Visagie Cc: Chris Maddocks , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as file server References: <34ED472C.A8668E29@wgss.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: ; from Johann Visagie on Fri, Feb 20, 1998 at 12:52:53PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 20, 1998 at 12:52:53PM +0200, Johann Visagie wrote: > Chris Maddocks wrote: > > > > I'm wondering, how difficult would it be to set up a file server running > > FreeBSD on a network? Assuming my network card were supported, and I > > wanted to use only free packages/software, would I be able to do it? > > Depends on whom (or what) you wish to serve files to... > > If you're serving NFS clients, just enable nfsd and mountd in /etc/rc.conf > (if you're using a late model FreeBSD, that is), and read the appropriate man > pages. Then write yourself an /etc/exports file (see exports(5)). > > If you're serving SMB clients (LanManager, Windows NT/95/WfW), Samba will do > the trick. (http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/) You can simply install the > FreeBSD port (or a package). > > If you want to serve Netware clients, then currently you're out of luck > without a commercial add-on (and here I speak under correction). Who offers a commercial add-on package to serve Netware clients? -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. > > -- V > > Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message