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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SMB filesystem for FreeBSD ???
Date: 1 May 1997 16:58:28 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5k8e63$40l@tooting.netapp.com>,
guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris) writes:
> Martin Kammerhofer <dada@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at> wrote:
>>check http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports/net/samba/pkg/DESCR
>>or simply /usr/ports/net/samba
>
> Does that include a port of "smbfs"? I would read "SMB filesystem" as
> "VFS that implements SMB *client* code", rather than the SMB *server*
> code provided by Samba.
Nope. The powers that be have a problem with the security side of
things. I can't say I disagree, but it's like NAT. It's nasty,
it's poluting the protocol stack, but I want it 'cos it makes life
easier (and it's pretty cool too).
If I knew more about filesystem implementations, I'd do this myself,
but then, I'd probably look at supporting {NT,HP}FS too - I threatened
to do that a few years ago 'till I realized I didn't know where to
start :(
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !