[Samba] About s3fs in samba4

felix at epepm.cupet.cu felix at epepm.cupet.cu
Fri Aug 17 12:04:59 MDT 2012


> 2012-08-17 17:31 keltezéssel, felix at epepm.cupet.cu írta:
>> Reading Whatsnew.txt in samba I understand that If I use s3fs, as it is
>> set by default in the provision step, I won't be able to modify GPOs
>> later, right?
>> So I have a couple of questions:
>>
>> - What's the advantage of using s3fs over ntvfs in new installations?
>> - If I'm planning to deploy a new Domain, probably needing to change
>> GPOs
>> later, should I select ntvfs???
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Felix
>>
> If you use s3fs, the only thing you may need to do (first test if it is
> still necessary it was with the git version a week ago) is to give group
> Domain Admins, full access to the sysvol share (and recursively all
> subfolders) from a Windows domain member computer (loged in of course as
> a member of the Domain Admins group).
> The major problem with ntvfs is that it isn't actively developed anymore
> and hasn't received those protocol dialect updates (smb2-3) which were
> introduced in Vista and 7, and thus it may have compatibility problems
> later (no known problem exist so far)
>
> Regards
>
> Geza Gemes
> --

Thanks a lot for your answer!
I'll give it a try to s3fs.

Best regards,
Felix.



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