Re: "Sharing" files in Linux

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, damien hull wrote:

> Are you doing this for Windows or Linux workstations?
>
> If it's Windows workstations then Samba. If it's Linux workstations you could
> use NFS and NIS+, NFS & LDAP or samba. There are problems with NFS and Samba.
>
> NFS only allows three types of access.
> 1. Owner
> 2. Group
> 3. Everyone else
>
> This will not work in an enterprise situation. What do I do if more then one
> group wants access to the same directory? I'm SOL!

This isn't entirely true: there is already support for ACLs over NFS:

  http://acl.bestbits.at/

Regardless, managing multiple groups per user isn't that difficult in an
enterprise setting. Where do you think NFS was first used, the enterprise or
on home networks?!

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Received on Wed Apr 7 11:39:42 2004