[nflug] how to mount samba share

[joshj at linuxmail.org]

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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