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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!platinum.sge.net!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.27.65.11!news-out.communique.net!communique!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: "J.C. Archambeau" <n-xiv@worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: smbfs under FreeBSD? Date: 27 Jun 1997 03:14:07 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: <01bc82a8$ed23e340$b4cc93cf@thewall> References: <33AFCEA5.167EB0E7@IBC.IskraSistemi.Si> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.147.204.180 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43600 Andrej Brodnik (Andy) <Andrej.Brodnik@IBC.IskraSistemi.Si> wrote: > In Samba man pages (http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/docs/) > I read about smbfs which permits accessing Windows file system > through Samba. There is also, however, a note that this works > under Linux. Does there exist a similar thing for FreeBSD? If > yes, where and how to install it; and if not, why not. It doesn't exist and my impression from a previous thread on this subject is that even if someone does write it, it may not become part of the official distribution. Why? Security (or severe lack thereof). Because of the design limitations of SMBFS, it will never be secure. Samba is about as good as you'll get with any of the BSD projects. JCA -- n-xiv@worldnet.att.net