[Gllug] distributed filesystems linux <-> solaris

Tethys tet at createservices.com
Wed Mar 31 16:32:53 UTC 2004


"Andy Farnsworth" writes:

>  First, yes, Solaris will support using Samba (SMB) provided you
>install the SMB packages.  Second, SMB/CIFS is not a distributed file
>system, it is exactly like the NFS in this respect.

Third, in the words of both Jeremy Allison and Tridge, SMB is a horrible,
broken protocol that should be avoided at all costs unless interoperabilty
with Windows is needed...

Tet
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