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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux Killer App (ksmbfs)
Date: 28 Sep 1995 20:35:53 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu (Larry Riedel) wrote:
]
] Okay, maybe not, but some Linux versions have some support (ksmbfs) for
] the ability to effectively mount a drive from a computer running Windows
] NT. I think this is really neat, and preferable (for me) to running an
] NFS server with NT. I would personally much prefer taking advantage of
] the capability if it existed with FreeBSD than with Linux.
How does it enforce user-level security?
Specifically, mapping of user identities for more than a single
default user?
[ I know it doesn't; I've gone the rounds on this with Andrew on
the SAMBA mailing list. Resolving the problem is something
Novell was barely on the verge of for their UNIX client after
three years of work ]
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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or previous employers.