Mac and Linux compatibility

[Chris Farber]

Well, sharing files between Mac OS X and Linux can be accomplished  
one of three ways:

Samba(Linux) - Samba(OS X)
NFS
Running netatalk on linux

I've found NFS to be my preferential way of sharing files. This  
requires you to use the "insecure" option in /etc/exports on linux,  
at least if you would like to be able to mount easily via Finder,  
although there are more complex ways of dealing with NFS mounts on  
Mac OS X (which NFSManager can make easy).

An easy way to make sure you're using samba is to press Cmd-K in  
Finder, which will open up the "connect to server" window, and enter  
in "smb://hostname-or-ip-address".

Chris

On Sep 4, 2006, at 10:52 PM, drgnswrd wrote:

>
> I'm having the same issue as the below user.  I have a network of 3
> machines, a Dell running WinXP, a mutt machine running Ubuntu 5.10
> (recently converted from Debian), and a Mac iBook running OSX 10.4.7.
>
>
>
> Ubuntu and XP will file share.  Mac and XP will file share.  Mac and
> ubuntu will not file share.  In fact, Finder on the Mac locks up  
> when I
> try to connect to the Ubuntu machine.  I know I must be using Samba
> between Ubuntu and XP, and between Mac and XP.  How can I tell if I'm
> using Samba or NFS or something else between Mac and Ubuntu?  What can
> I do about it? if it is using Samba, why isn't it working?
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> Charles Yao;331334 Wrote:
>> Is mac and ubuntu compatible? Is it possible to share files and
>> printers?
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>> Charles
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