Re: Filesharing on small LAN
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:19:45AM -0000, marc wrote:
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> > Sorry to say it, but Linux filesharing is really not where it should
> > be
>
> I agree.
>
> > and I think there is no established system allowing automatic
> > discovery (other than Samba).
>
> Which is probably the best solution, in this case, I suspect.
I'm probably irrationally biased against SMB/CIFS owing to its source.
I've never considered using it.
> > 90% of the time automatic discovery is unimportant and NFS suffices.
>
> Ouch! How do you know my requirements? ;-) On the contrary, automatic
> discovery can be a deal breaker. Without Samba - or its equivalent, if
> there is one - we wouldn't have Linux here at all.
I'd say you're in the 10%.
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