[ale] Win 95 long file names

[Nomad the Wanderer]

Based on the question, I'd say that NFS was just a chosen name.  A quick
why to use samba would be good...

NFS is what unix boxes use for "sharing".  A well known and loved/hated
  standard long before Windows heard of networking according to my
  limited history knowledge, that Gates and friends couldn't handle 
  implementing despite the specs being freely available...

Windows and Novel (excuse my lack of novel knowledge) use that
  netbios/nebui hack(not meant in a good way) for sharing filesystems
  around.  Samba provides this type of sharing for Unix boxes to
  share and map Windows filesystems.


Robert

Thus spake Mir Shafiqul Islam (mir at oisp.gsu.edu):

> Umm.... NFS probably is not the way you should go with in this situation.
> I use samba in a win95/NT environment to serve file and print shares.
> Works great. It will support long file names and names with spaces.
> 
> If you must go with NFS then you may need to look at a commercial
> solution.
> 
> 
> > 
> > I am puting together an argument to use Linux as a file and print server and
> > possibly a proxy server for my office, this would replace a Novel 4.1 file and
> > print server that I have respociblity for and know little about.
> > 
> > I need to know if the NFS will support the long file names that everyone here loves
> > to use.
> > 
> > comments and/or   advice are requested.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mir S Islam
> Systems Administrator
> Office of International Services and Programs
> Georgia State University  
> mir at oisp.gsu.edu

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