[Samba] Samba vs Windows - File sharing in a domain setting

[L.P.H. van Belle]

Hai Viktor, 

I dont know or can't tell if this setup can use the windows indexing, i havent looked in to that.
I dont use windows indexer. 

But i do know if you setup as shown and you add a webpage to the server, 
that makes is also usable for Windows users to search. 

There was some work done in the area
https://sambaxp.org/fileadmin/user_upload/sambaxp2017-Slides/Windows_Search_Protocol_recap___update_-_Jim_McDonough.pdf 

https://github.com/noelpower/samba/tree/WSP-WIP 

But i dont know the exact status of it. 

And one that looks promising is also this one. 
https://github.com/shirosaidev/diskover
Look at the vidoes on that page ;-) really nice .. ( not topic related tho..) 

Greetz, 

Louis


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens 
> Viktor Trojanovic via samba
> Verzonden: dinsdag 2 juni 2020 18:25
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Samba vs Windows - File sharing in a 
> domain setting
> 
> Hi Louis,
> 
> The idea I had with this thread is to just get an honest comparison 
> between Windows and Samba when it comes to file sharing needs in the 
> Windows world, the missing Windows Search capability was just 
> an example 
> to get the discussion going.
> 
> If I understand your reference correctly, there is a solution, 
> compatible with Apple's Spotlight, to index files on a Samba server 
> using Elasticsearch and fscrawler. This is very interesting and 
> certainly great news for Apple users but nothing comparable 
> is available 
> for Windows users wanting or, in my case, having to work with the 
> Windows Search service.
> 
> On 02.06.2020 16:07, L.P.H. van Belle via samba wrote:
> > I dont know if you want this but i think, its close to what you.
> >
> > 
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Spotlight_with_Elasticsearch_Backend
> >
> >
> > Greetz,
> >
> > Louis
> >   
> >
> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens
> >> Viktor Trojanovic via samba
> >> Verzonden: dinsdag 2 juni 2020 15:32
> >> Aan: samba
> >> Onderwerp: [Samba] Samba vs Windows - File sharing in a 
> domain setting
> >>
> >> I've been working with Samba in an AD domain setting for
> >> several years now.
> >> Small potatoes, nothing fancy. A few months ago, I came across the
> >> limitation of Samba, in comparison to file sharing from a
> >> Windows server,
> >> that, at the current moment, it doesn't offer an indexing
> >> service that is
> >> compatible with Windows Search. So, no matter how much I like
> >> Samba, if I
> >> need this feature, I have no choice but to use Windows.
> >>
> >> I can't say that I'm very experienced with the file serving
> >> capabilities of
> >> Windows, having used Samba predominantly for this task, so
> >> I'm really just
> >> wondering, which other such limitations exist when comparing
> >> a file share
> >> provided by a Samba member vis-a-vis a file share on Windows server
> >> machine?
> >>
> >> It's really not about personal preference, I'm interested in those
> >> situations where Samba is simply not up to the task such as
> >> the example for
> >> Windows Search. Or vice versa, where Samba has actually 
> proven to be
> >> better.
> >>
> >> Thanks for sharing!
> >>
> >> Viktor
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