[lug] Re: [co-sage] NFS clients for windows

[Atkinson, Chip]

How about a Linux box that mounts all the NFS partitions and exports them
via Samba? Then you'd only have to maintain Samba on one machine.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Hall-Beyer [mailto:manuka at nerdherd.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 3:16 PM
> To: William D. Knoche
> Cc: lug at lug.boulder.co.us; discuss at co-sage.org
> Subject: [lug] Re: [co-sage] NFS clients for windows
> 
> 
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, William D. Knoche wrote:
> 
> > > Does anyone have an NFS/NIS client package under windows 
> that they really
> > > like?
> 
> > Well, a shameless plug would be Sun's Solstice Network client. I use
> > it at home and like it though there are some things it could do
> > better.
> 
> Yes, except that that's what we're trying to replace. SNC was EOL'ed
> almost 3 years ago and is not compatible with Windows 2000.
> 
> I have tried the server-based solutions (SMB, PC Netlink), 
> and they are a
> royal pain the keester. I want something that I can use to 
> handle logins
> on the windows box via NIS. PC-NFS on the backend is possible, but I'd
> rather not.
> 
> 
> -Ian
> 
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