Re: [o-info] Re: [ccp4bb]: Mac OSX file system

[James Stroud <James.Stroud@Colorado.EDU>]

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I am definitely not an ardent SMB devotee, but I must set the record
straight that SMB is not windows. SMB is an open source fileserver protocol.
M$ adopted and borrowed from smb because it is a solid protocol. Its open
source heritage also means that M$ can't screw it up with a bunch of
proprietary baloney. I will certify for you that smb is not a pain for unix
clients--actually, in my experience, it is much friendlier to clients than
NFS.

That being said, OpenAFS as you have described it does seem worth looking
into--i.e. this is not a flame.

James


> 
> I would have thought doing things the Windows way (ie SMB) is a major
> pain in the butt for all UNIX clients...?
> 
> What we do here, and what I'd recommend for those struggling with these
> problems, is to set up AFS.  OpenAFS comes for free these days, and the
> clients just work on all UNIX platforms, incl. OSX, and on Windows.

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