Can samba connect to an NFS share and then re-export that share so my windows XP users can connect to it? Basically I have a NFS share that all of my windows XP users need read-only access to. The goal of this project is to replace an old MS Gateway Services for Novell server (using IPX) with something that can do the same thing but over IP. I am pretty sure Novell and AD can share files using Native File Access, but that would require the Novell admins to get CIFS setup on the Novell side. The Novell server we are using has NFS already setup and getting that much setup was like pulling teeth. Thanks, BOFH1234 _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes and no. Samba cannot do this *but* Samba probably doesn't need to. Linux can mount NFS so you should be able to simply mount the NFS share first and then neglect to tell Samba that it isn't a normal directory. As far as I know, Samba has no way of knowing the difference. This should work especially well with a read only share because you won't need oplocks or special cacheing or anything. Jim C. | Can samba connect to an NFS share and then re-export that share so my | windows XP users can connect to it? Basically I have a NFS share that | all of my windows XP users need read-only access to. The goal of this | project is to replace an old MS Gateway Services for Novell server | (using IPX) with something that can do the same thing but over IP. I am | pretty sure Novell and AD can share files using Native File Access, but | that would require the Novell admins to get CIFS setup on the Novell | side. The Novell server we are using has NFS already setup and getting | that much setup was like pulling teeth. | | Thanks, | | BOFH1234 | | _________________________________________________________________ | Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee? | Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 | - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------- | I can be reached on the following Instant Messenger services: | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | MSN: j_c_llings@hotmail.com AIM: WyteLi0n ICQ: 123291844 | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Y!: j_c_llings Jabber: jcllings@njs.netlab.cz | - ----------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3-nr1 (Windows XP) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFA7DUS57L0B7uXm9oRAtdGAJsHcs2soIDYx+SvNZJzmE/8Fro/sACZAZnA PyptLFaJk2Bk8ts5kvKKE9M=3aYR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:23:37PM -0400, bastard operater wrote:>>>>> "BOFH1234" == bastard operater <bofh1234@hotmail.com> writes:BOFH1234> Can samba connect to an NFS share and then re-export BOFH1234> that share so my windows XP users can connect to it? BOFH1234> Basically I have a NFS share that all of my windows XP BOFH1234> users need read-only access to. The goal of this BOFH1234> project is to replace an old MS Gateway Services for BOFH1234> Novell server (using IPX) with something that can do the BOFH1234> same thing but over IP. I am pretty sure Novell and AD BOFH1234> can share files using Native File Access, but that would BOFH1234> require the Novell admins to get CIFS setup on the BOFH1234> Novell side. The Novell server we are using has NFS BOFH1234> already setup and getting that much setup was like BOFH1234> pulling teeth. Samba can share any filesystem that the Samba server can see. Your performance will be degraded because you have the dual overhead of Samba and NFS, but you can share the filesystem. -- Eric M. Boehm /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign boehm@nortelnetworks.com \ / No HTML or RTF in mail X No proprietary word-processing Respect Open Standards / \ files in mail
Thank you for the response. Would there still be a performance problem if I had two NICs in the PC? One to connect to the NFS share and the second NIC to connect to the windows PCs? I am talking about a maximum of 20 people connecting to the samba share with at most 5-6 people passing data over the share. The samba server would be a 2.2GHz PC with 512MB of RAM. Thanks, BOFH1234>From: "Eric Boehm" <boehm@nortelnetworks.com> >Reply-To: "Eric Boehm" <boehm@nortelnetworks.com> >To: bastard operater <bofh1234@hotmail.com> >CC: samba@lists.samba.org >Subject: Re: [Samba] SAMBA and NFS >Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:35:28 -0400 > >On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:23:37PM -0400, bastard operater wrote: > >>>>> "BOFH1234" == bastard operater <bofh1234@hotmail.com> writes: > > BOFH1234> Can samba connect to an NFS share and then re-export > BOFH1234> that share so my windows XP users can connect to it? > BOFH1234> Basically I have a NFS share that all of my windows XP > BOFH1234> users need read-only access to. The goal of this > BOFH1234> project is to replace an old MS Gateway Services for > BOFH1234> Novell server (using IPX) with something that can do the > BOFH1234> same thing but over IP. I am pretty sure Novell and AD > BOFH1234> can share files using Native File Access, but that would > BOFH1234> require the Novell admins to get CIFS setup on the > BOFH1234> Novell side. The Novell server we are using has NFS > BOFH1234> already setup and getting that much setup was like > BOFH1234> pulling teeth. > >Samba can share any filesystem that the Samba server can see. Your >performance will be degraded because you have the dual overhead of >Samba and NFS, but you can share the filesystem. > >-- >Eric M. Boehm /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign >boehm@nortelnetworks.com \ / No HTML or RTF in mail > X No proprietary word-processing >Respect Open Standards / \ files in mail_________________________________________________________________ Get tips for maintaining your PC, notebook accessories and reviews in Technology 101. http://special.msn.com/tech/technology101.armx