NFS - Windows NT Services for UNIX

[Richard Stephens_2]

I'm using Windows NT Services for UNIX and have managed to get a HP UNIX system
to attach to a NFS mount point on the NT server. This has worked fine for a
number of days and now I can no longer see any of the files within the mount
point. I have recreated the mount again from the UNIX server and also check
the configuration of the NT NFS server. Has anyone had problems with this?

[Neil Gast_1]

There are two ways to share files between Unix and Win boxes: (1) Make your Win
box talk NFS, and (2) Make your Unix box talk SMB.
It sounds like your environment fits the #1 scenario. I've worked with both
ways in the past, and have found that I had many more problems with that type.
NFS is not native to Windows, and there still seem to be a few issues to work
out.

Given a choice, I would definately run SMB on my unix server to attach to a Win
share. There are a few tools available to do this, but the best is probably
Samba. You can get it from www.samba.org. It comes with some great management
tools (GUI), and there's plenty of documentation to get you started. Best of
all, IT'S FREE!

I don't want to tell you to scrap NFS on your Win server, but it will be well
worth your time to give Samba a try.

If you insist on fixing your current problem, it's likely NOT a problem with
the Unix server.

MrNeil

[David Anderson_18]

I have yet to see NT-NFS work well with UNIX. There are numerous problems,
and even if you get it working it often seems to hang with the products I have
seen used. It is also usually very insecure once you do get it going.

Consider Samba at http://www.samba.org.

Samba even has the advantage of not requiring PC software to mess with and
only the server to maintain. And on larger systems like the K580's it makes a
higher capacity NT server than does WinTel!

Hm, maybe a marketing idea for HP... for NT consolidation and uptime
reliability...