on Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:12:29PM -0800, Kenward Vaughan (kay_jay@earthlink.net) wrote: > I'm prepping for my next little home project, wherein something like > NFS is used for the obvious reasons (accessing /home on alternate > machines). I have no clue whether NFS or CODA (or AFS) is a best > choice for this, though. As well as I have seen via Googling and > searching this list (over the past year, at least), there aren't any > big opinions about it. > > Despite my firewall against the outside I'd like some security, but > ease of setup is also important. I don't _think_ performance is an > issue since there's nothing spectacular expected. > > Am I nuts to worry about security? > > It seems that CODA is second-generation AFS, but is it established well > enough and is it stable enough to make a first choice? Or has security > advanced substantially on NFS? > > Has anyone had experience with both and can offer their thoughts on the > above? Or is there a good site my searches haven't laid open to me? > I'm running Sid currently with a home-spun 2.4.25 kernel. Coda isn't a feasible filesystem. There's a new intermittent networked FS I've seen mentioned in a few places but can't remember the name. NFS or Samba are probably your best bets. AFS is still (IIRC) non-free. All have their warts. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Itanic is practically dead in the water, but this time the icebergs have powerful engines, AMD logos, and good aim. - Andrew Grygus
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