Hello all, I have the following problem: I wish to access the NFS shares through Windows. I want guideline on the following issues : 1.One of the solution to above problem involves sharing the same share(directory) using Samba server and NFS server.But won't this give rise to conflicts with respect to access permission bits of that particular directory being shared. (Because Samba does the Mapping of the permission bits with respect to windows whereas NFS does it with respect to unix/linux) How shall this conflict be overcome ? 2.Another solution involves introduction of a separate machine in the network,on which the required NFS share is mounted and then is shared through Samba. I wish to know the possible disadvantages of this solution. Does the above conflict of permission bits occur in this case. 3.Does any other solution exist? Is it possible to somehow map the SMB protocol with NFS protocol,(because the SMB protocol is more stringent than NFS protocol). regards, nac ?
nac kawathekar wrote:> 2.Another solution involves introduction of a separate machine in the network,on which the > required NFS share is mounted and then is shared through Samba. I wish to know the possible disadvantages of this solution. > Does the above conflict of permission bits occur in this case.Unless you're using nfsv4 (which I didn't test), you'll have problems with locking (e.g.: both the samba client and the nfs server can open the same file for writing, with obviously disastrous results). Bye -- Luca
nac kawathekar [nascomp19@rediffmail.com] wrote:> > I have the following problem: > I wish to access the NFS shares through Windows. > > I want guideline on the following issues : > > 1.One of the solution to above problem involves sharing the same > share(directory) using Samba server and NFS server.But won't this give > rise to conflicts with respect to access permission bits of that > particular directory being shared. > (Because Samba does the Mapping > of the permission bits with respect to windows whereas NFS does it > with respect to unix/linux) > > How shall this conflict be overcome ?There's no conflict, really - and this the way to go in most cases. There's no such thing as "special permission bits set by NFS" - the usual unix semantics apply all along.> (because the SMB protocol is more stringent than NFS protocol).Hmm, could you elaborate ? -- Michal Kurowski <mkur@gazeta.pl>