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On 18/01/2008, Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:06:18 +0000, "Michael Mortimore" > <nospamformike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2008 4:28 PM, Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> george wrote: > >> > 1. Should I still be trying to use Samba, or LISA, zero config > service > >> > discovery (whatever that is) or what? If I know for sure what works > > well > >> > I'll put in the effort to find how to do it. > >> > > >> I would have thought NFS would be the way to go. > > If you're used to samba, I'd suggest you stick with samba. I found that > NFS was really slow to connect. I gather it might have been something to > do with the lack of a name server or equivalent but I never managed to > sort it out. I also found that if i shut down the nfs server without > unmounting on the client then client would fail to unmount it and refuse > to shut down. The fix being to switch on the server again. I think this > behaviour can be changed but I didn't try it. I found samba much easier > to configure. > > > I found the opposite - nfs is far, far faster You will probably need to punch holes in the firewall for various nfs services though > Slow NFS mounting on a local network, ime, is normally because the server > is unable to resolve the clients hostname from IP... two ways to fix > that.. > 1, local DNS.. 2, /etc/hosts > ditto > As for the unmounting thing.. what kind of idiot shuts down a fileserver > before the clients have unmounted ?? > > > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html