Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:53:28 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: "MurrayTaylor" <MurrayTaylor@bytecraftsystems.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sharity-light vs mount_smbfs Message-ID: <01111423532802.00671@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <005a01c16d70$0a721d20$2a7627cb@bytecraft.au.com> References: <005a01c16d70$0a721d20$2a7627cb@bytecraft.au.com>
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On Wednesday 14 November 2001 19:54, MurrayTaylor wrote:
> I need to transfer files to/from a W98 machine on oour
> networks and would like to know the pros and cons between
> these two ports...
>
> Sharity-light and mount_smbfs
Use the "real" smbfs now that FreeBSD supports it; until relatively recently,
sharity light was the only way to do Samba mounts in FreeBSD; otherwise, I'm
sure that it would not exist.
>
> The FreeBSD version is
>
> root@bcall1 (~)ttyp0 # uname -a
> FreeBSD bcall1.bytecraft.au.com 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0:
> Tue Sep 25 10:01:30 EST 2001
> root@bcall1.bytecraft.au.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BCALL1 i386
>
> root@bcall1 (~)ttyp0 # sysctl -a | grep os
> kern.ostype: FreeBSD
> kern.osrelease: 4.4-RELEASE
> kern.osrevision: 199506
> kern.hostname: bcall1.bytecraft.au.com
> kern.hostid: 0
> kern.posix1version: 199309
> kern.osreldate: 440000
> <snip>
>
> TIA
>
> Murray Taylor
> Bytecraft Systems Pty Ltd
> email: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com
> web(s): www.bytecraftsystems.com
> www.bytecraftentertainment.com
>
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