Subj : Re: NFS vs. Samba To : comp.os.linux From : Michael W Cocke Date : Sun Dec 19 2004 10:34 am On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:42:45 GMT, Trent Buck wrote: >Up spake Gerald Meazell: >> Q: Where can I get an NFS client for Windows? >> A: Use Samba. > >As kermit says, Microsoft's misleadingly named Windows Services for UNIX >provides an NFS client. I've also noticed that X11-for-Windows vendors >often have an NFS-for-Windows[0] product. I wasn't interested enough to >actually *try* them, so I can't vouch for their quality. I tried a few, including the (then $100.00) Microsoft services for unix. The consistant problem is, they are all written by windows programmers; bloated, slow, and they don't work the way you'd expect, while being "documented" to Microsoft standards (no help at all, while full of sales blurbs). Really, use Samba. Mike- -- If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs... You may have a great career as a network administrator ahead! -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments, .