[nmglug] NFS vs. something else?

[Mars DeLapp]

Jason Davis wrote:
> 
> I have not used much other than nfs. What do you need for your
> application? This will help define *better*. At the risk of offending
> people I will suggest SMB .... It has file locking , its pretty quick
> and is tcp based , also , it works on most any type of box.
> (linux,mac,bsd,etc).

I need file sharing on a local network with three or four Gnu/Linux machines and 
four or five windows machines. I also need remote file access over the internet.

My current solution is a combination of NFS for the Gnu/linux machines, Samba 
for Windows. For remote access I use sftp in konqueror and/or rsync.

I suppose one of the things I would consider better is something more secure 
than NFS.

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