[nflug] how to mount samba share

Frank Kumro fkumro at gmail.com
Thu Aug 17 09:58:10 EDT 2006


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.

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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