Sorry if this a bit lame. Basically, I want to file share .xls documents stored on an NFS volume between Windows clients so that when one client with RW on the document has access, another Windows client can open the document R only, etc, etc. Ordinarily we would do a re-share via Samba, or perhaps make a CIFS volume share, but I'm trying to reduce complexity (and we're not going to buy a CIFS license) ... anyone have experience with doing this kind of thing? Is it possible?
tx doug
hello,
Doug Chomyn wrote:
document R only, etc, etc. Ordinarily we would do a re-share via Samba, or perhaps make a CIFS volume share, but I'm trying to reduce complexity (and we're not going to buy a CIFS license) ... anyone have experience
if you have only a few workstations accesing the storage with windows sharing you can try installing on each workstation the "microsoft nfs client" you can download from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/
we did use this workaround 6 month ago to allow a few windows box to access a nfs-only fas270C (the customer has 300 unix boxes and only 2 windows clients so he did not agree to buy the cifs license)
it's still working and the customer is habby about it, but we had to force the workstation to use nfs over tcp in order to have a stable connection
if you need it, this is the registry key you have to set to force tcp connection: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Client for NFS\CurrentVersion\Default] "PreferTCP"=dword:00000001
Yes, we have SFU installed on the Windows clients and can easily access the NFS volumes, but I need the "file share" as if the shared document was on a Windows NT volume, permissions-wise that is ...
emilio brambilla wrote:
hello,
Doug Chomyn wrote:
document R only, etc, etc. Ordinarily we would do a re-share via Samba, or perhaps make a CIFS volume share, but I'm trying to reduce complexity (and we're not going to buy a CIFS license) ... anyone have experience
if you have only a few workstations accesing the storage with windows sharing you can try installing on each workstation the "microsoft nfs client" you can download from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/
we did use this workaround 6 month ago to allow a few windows box to access a nfs-only fas270C (the customer has 300 unix boxes and only 2 windows clients so he did not agree to buy the cifs license)
it's still working and the customer is habby about it, but we had to force the workstation to use nfs over tcp in order to have a stable connection
if you need it, this is the registry key you have to set to force tcp connection: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Client for NFS\CurrentVersion\Default] "PreferTCP"=dword:00000001
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Doug Chomyn -
emilio brambilla