Greetings
Some time ago I briefly played with NFS. More recently with Samba.
What I am wondering is if NFSv4 is already integrated into Centos 4 from upstream.
Reference:
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6331/1/
if not, is there a timeline? Centos 5 ?
and... is or can NFS be a compatible yet better replacement for Samba?
thanks
- rh
-- Robert - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net
On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 07:59:10AM -0800, R Lists06 wrote:
Some time ago I briefly played with NFS. More recently with Samba. What I am wondering is if NFSv4 is already integrated into Centos 4 from upstream.
Yes.
and... is or can NFS be a compatible yet better replacement for Samba?
It's not compatibile with Samba. It is, however, a better networked filesystem for Unix.
Matthew Miller wrote:
On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 07:59:10AM -0800, R Lists06 wrote:
Some time ago I briefly played with NFS. More recently with Samba. What I am wondering is if NFSv4 is already integrated into Centos 4 from upstream.
Yes.
Yes... sorta. If you want to take advantage of truly useful NFSv4 new features like GSSAPI authentication then you actually need to build a custom set of packages for nfs-utils (>= 1.0.9)and its dependencies. Fortunately the changeset is small and doesn't affect any other aspect of the OS.
a late reply...
On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 11:07:44AM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 07:59:10AM -0800, R Lists06 wrote:
and... is or can NFS be a compatible yet better replacement for Samba?
It's not compatibile with Samba. It is, however, a better networked filesystem for Unix.
hummingbird makes an nfsv4 client for windows (and in fact they were a big part of the nfsv4 standards process) - but it's not cheap.
danno -- Dan Pritts, System Administrator Internet2 office: +1-734-352-4953 | mobile: +1-734-834-7224
Dan Pritts wrote:
hummingbird makes an nfsv4 client for windows (and in fact they were a big part of the nfsv4 standards process) - but it's not cheap.
Holy blast from the past Batman! I haven't seen Hummingbird on a Windows box for like, 12 years. That idea of doing NFS on Windows is so old and decrepid, it's got a Santa Claus beard! (Thank EH, for that St. Nick reference).
Peter
RHEL 5 according the release notes has nfs v4.
Samba is best for windows clients IME. If you are sharing between linux/unix hosts then use nfx.
R Lists06 wrote:
Greetings
Some time ago I briefly played with NFS. More recently with Samba.
What I am wondering is if NFSv4 is already integrated into Centos 4 from upstream.
Reference:
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6331/1/
if not, is there a timeline? Centos 5 ?
and... is or can NFS be a compatible yet better replacement for Samba?
thanks
- rh
-- Robert - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net
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