pros/cons to running samba

[Rick Garland]

Hi all:

HPUX 11.11, rp7410
Have a user who wants to run samba.
What are the opinions?

Thanks!

[Paul Cross_1 · Accepted solution]

Well, you might get flooded with answers here, but I'm sure they are all positive. Samba rules. HP has their own version of samba called HP CIFS (formerly cifs 9000). There is a free download available from: http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/hpuxcifs9000/

-paul

[Geoff Wild]

This is another of those "it depends" questions.

What exactly does the user need to do?

Do they just need to access a file on the unix server - to look at it with say Word?

Maybe ftp is all they need...

Samba (definately install HP's version CIFS) would be more convenient - for both you and the user.

I use Samba - nice thing is I can let the NT/W2K servers Authenticate the users - no need to setup unix id for each user who needs access to the Samba share.

Winbindd makes things even easier with Samba - see my post in:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=736946

Rgds...Geoff

[Steven E. Protter]

Pros:
Faster, safer more secure than NFS.
Integrates more easily with windows environment.
Good performance, low cpu use.
Works well with windows, no additional software to let Windows weenies on your box.
Works with local user permissions.
Integrates with Windows ADS
Integratew with LDAP authentication.

Cons:
Interaction with other versions of Samba can be difficult.
Samba uses netbios which is not the worlds most efficent network protocol.
Lets windows weenies on your box.

SEP

[Rick Garland]

Many thanks!