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Windows and OS X come ready for both SMB and NFS, which is the bulk of experiences I encounter. Apple AirDrop has also been very useful. Mounting remote file s
by tomnipotent 5y ago
Windows and OS X come ready for both SMB and NFS, which is the bulk of experiences I encounter. Apple AirDrop has also been very useful.
Mounting remote file systems can be done easily in the GUI, as can sharing. Like any such software, it's going to have a learning curve.
I can't remember the last time I was on Linux and didn't have to start off by installing cifs-utils, and then hunting down instructions on writing an .smbcredentials file.
Windows also makes it (relatively) easy to administer file sharing if you're on a AD domain. All said and done, I personally use Unraid for my home NAS.
- xupybd 5y agoYeah using samba is just as hard on Linux. I've struggled to get AD to work correctly with older PC's. We run CNCs with Win 98. NFS is simpler and easier to manage.
- vetinari 5y agoWindows 98 does not support AD out of the box; the contemporary solution was NT4 domain. There is a solution for that, dsclient, but it is still missing Kerberos support, so you have to account for that.
- vetinari 5y agoWindows makes it hard, when you need to have credentials from multiple domains and these domains do not have configured trust. It's a hell then. Both macs and linux can handle this fine.