Preferred networking - samba or nfs

[Matt Galvin]

On Apr 2, 2005 5:54 AM, piltdown <piltdown at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Bit of a basic question here.
> 
> Looking at the Ubuntu Starter guide: http://ubuntuguide.org/ I see their
> is no reference to setting-up nfs, only Samba.

This is a good guide but it is unofficial and only really a quick
cheat sheat on how to do a few of the more common things. It is by no
means comprehensive, although very good for getting started.

> Is Samba the preferred networking method, even on a Linux only network? Or
> is it the case that nfs is so simple to configure that no explanation is
> necessary?

IMHO, this is just the more common way of doing things b/c most
networks have at least a few windows machnies on them and using samba
is just easier in this(most) situation(s).

Although, of course, you a free to use which ever method you prefer :)

Hope this helps,

Matt

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