[Techtalk] Samba servers and mixed platform networks

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hi Betty,

i'm not sure myself, but at a guess i think NFS might be the way to go 
given that OS X is based on BSD / NeXT....
i'd be very curious to hear how this works out as i'm actually going to 
be doing the same myself very shortly. i've also had problems with 
netatalk on OS 9.2 but only with G4 towers, i'd be grateful if you could 
let me know how you managed to configure them!...

best wishes

miriam

Betty Johnson wrote:
> I am doing a consulting job with a firm that is running a file server 
> using Red Hat Linux 7.2.
> 
> The office is a workgroup and has Windows machines and Macintosh machines.
> 
> Samba seems to work fine with the Windows machines, as it was designed to 
> do.
> 
> Netatalk seems to work fine with the classic Mac machines using Max OS 9.2 
> or lower, as it was designed to do.
> 
> The problems start with Mac OS X.  They keep getting disconnected from the 
> server. They cannot open files directly from the server, they need to 
> transfer to their desktops first. 
> 
> I am not all that familiar with Macintosh but I thought that OS X was 
> supposed to be so great because of the Samba technology built-in. I guess 
> that will be fine for connecting to Windows machines. However, should I 
> be using Samba here? Someone I know suggested I should look into NFS 
> rather than Samba.
> 
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated, and thanks.


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