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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
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Subject: Re: sharity-light vs mount_smbfs
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:53:28 -0500
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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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