On Thursday 27 March 2008 19:20:14 John R Pierce wrote: > Scott Silva wrote: > > NFS will be much better for the linux to linux connections because it > > passes native system calls on the files instead of a protocol that is > > emulated and made to work. > > also, the following significant difference in user semantics between > SMB/CIFS and NFS.... in SMB, the client-initiated session > authenticates as a user on the server.... in a multiuser windows > system, each user would have his own session to a given server. This > doesn't play very well in Unix environments where the file system mounts > are global to all users. > > in NFS, each file opened has user ID, group ID, so its more suitable for > a multiuser environment on a single session. HOWEVER, its critical > that all systems participating in NFS have the SAME user #s group #s, > hence its often used in conjunction with NIS or another shared identity > system. > That sounds as though I have to get my head around a whole new way of thinking! Anne -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080327/04e3251e/attachment-0005.sig>