Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 12:09:43 -0700 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Subject: Re: smfs Message-ID: <199509131909.MAA04080@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 Sep 1995 14:55:16 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.950913144759.11651B-100000@itsdsv1.enc.edu>
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Curious , could a kerberos like authentication help with the smbs authentication problem? Tnks, Amancio >>> Charles Owens said: > On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > You know that the smbfs "logs in" as a single client into an SMB server > > (possibly smbd on another box) and thus has only a single credential > > authenticated, that credential to be used by all UNIX users the kernel > > funnels through the file system, right? > > Ugh... I was NOT aware that it was such an ugly beast. > To be honest, I haven't dug very deeply into this. I've been pleased with > the regular samba package, and I simply assumed that a kernal-based > solution would be more effecient than it (memory-usage-wise). Apparently, > though, smfs, is NOT a functional replacement for samba. I stand corrected. > > > If you go to implement this, at least think about the issues involved > > before just blindly implementing. > > But of course! It's good to know we can all count on this list to rescue > us from our blindness. :-) > > thanks, > --- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Owens Email: owensc@enc.edu > "I read somewhere to learn is to > Information Technology Services remember... and I've learned that > Eastern Nazarene College we've all forgot..." - King's X > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
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