[nflug] how to mount samba share

[joshj at linuxmail.org]

When we last left our adventurers...

> Next week when I have time I will try to install coda and get it
> configured. If it works for me Ill write up a little blurb on it and
> post it somewhere, thanks for the link!

Yeah, definitely let us know how it goes.

>
> On 8/17/06, joshj at linuxmail.org <joshj at linuxmail.org> wrote:
>>  When we last left our adventurers...
>> 
>> >  I hate to thread jack but is there any secure nfs like alternatives?
>> >  Im using nfs currently on my lan and it works good however an updated
>> >  secure alternative would be great, also I dont mean samba.
>>
>>  I've been meaning to checkout coda for a while now. It looks pretty stable
>>  and its being actively developed.
>>
>>  http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/
>>
>>  There are also a couple of experimental ones like AFS (Andrew File
>>  System).
>> 
>> 
>> > 
>> >  On 8/17/06, Richard Hubbard <rhubby at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > >   There are a few reasons. The most obvious is  interoperability. 
>> > >   "Mounting
>> > >   Samba shares" is the phrase generally used to connect to windows 
>> > >   boxen.
>> > >   second, if you are already using samba to connect to windows, it is 
>> > >   no big
>> > >   shake to connect to *nix boxes using samba.
>> > >   Third, NFS development, for all intents and purposes ended years ago.
>> > >   Samba is still in development and is a little more stable way of
>> > >   connecting.
>> > >   the last that i know of is : nfs is very insecure.  Samba is a much 
>> > >   more
>> > >   secure way of connecting file shares. (Notice that i'm comparing 
>> > >   here.
>> > >   scp is still much more secure than either.)
>> > > 
>> > >   ----- Original Message ----
>> > >   From: Stephen Burke <qfwfq at adelphia.net>
>> > >   To: nflug at nflug.org
>> > >   Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:46:25 AM
>> > >   Subject: Re: [nflug] how to mount samba share
>> > > 
>> > >   Please forgive my ignorance, but why would you use samba here instead 
>> > >   of
>> > >   just using nfs? (mount server:/share /mount/point) Seems like extra 
>> > >   work
>> > >   all around. Is there some advantage to samba here that I'm missing?
>> > > 
>> > >   Just curious,
>> > >   S.
>> > > 
>> > >   Mark T. Valites wrote:
>> > > >   On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, anthonyriga wrote:
>> > > > 
>> > > > >   How do I mount samba share from a linux to another linux pc? I 
>> > > > >   have
>> > > > >   done it from linux to windoz never linux. There are no X servers 
>> > > > >   just
>> > > > >   plain bash shell. Suggestions
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > >   Try something like:
>> > > > 
>> > > >   mount -t smbfs \\\\server\\share /mnt/point -o username=<username>
>> > > >   password=<passwd>
>> > > > 
>> > > >   man mount.smbfs for additional options
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