Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:40:46 -0800 From: Derrick MacPherson <dmacpherson@mainframe.ca> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File Server Which would you choose? Message-ID: <1132335647.17340.12.camel@mandarin-04> In-Reply-To: <437E0D31.5020602@calarts.edu> References: <437E0D31.5020602@calarts.edu>
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On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 09:19 -0800, Sean Murphy wrote: > I want to set up a FreeBSD file server and want to choose the > appropriate method. The filesytems must be mounted on the client, > always available, and transparent to the user. > > NFS for *nix to *nix only > NIS for better management of NFS > > Can OSX mount and respond to NFS/NIS? Yes. > What other OSs can use this? Pretty much all of them, including Windows. > Are user names and passwords encrypted? no. > Netatalk for FreeBSD to Appletalk Macs OS9 and X Only > > What other OSs can use this? *nix, and I think Windows with the right app. I think it's called Dave. (Yes, really) > Are user names and passwords encrypted? Not sure > Samba for any *nix running samba, OS X, Windows Machines > > Are user names and passwords encrypted? can be. > What other OSs can use this? *nix, OSX, Windows, anything that can run samba > Any thing for connecting to a Novell Server? > NDS and Bindrey > IPXSPX and TCP/IP > > > Am I missing any? I don't know anything about the Novell end of things, but I'd suggest if you can use the OSX box to serve your files, it will talk NIS/NFS, AD/SMB, and Appletalk for your OS9 boxes, OR Windows as your server with the Services for Unix running, it will act as a NIS master.
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