[Samba] Is Samba useful in an all-Linux environment?

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 13:55:34 MDT 2009


On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Eero Volotinen<eero.volotinen at iki.fi> wrote:
> Steve Litt kirjoitti:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This isn't meant to be a troll. It's a legitimate question asked because I
>> haven't done much with Samba for 9 years.
>>
>> Is there anything Samba can contribute to an all-Linux environment with no
>> Windows or Mac computers?
>
> Well, atleast it is more secure than nfsv3 ?
>

That along with better performance and also better handling of
disconnections are a couple of reasons to use samba/cifs over nfs3.

-- 
John M. Drescher


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