[Info-vax] X86VMS SAMBA V4.10-16D

[chrisq]

On 5/15/24 12:34, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 15/05/2024 12:24, chrisq wrote:
>> Never used Samba here, nfs is the standard, and even windows server
>> has an nfs client and server as an included option. It just works.
>>
>> Assume VMS has nfs client capability ?...
>>
>> Chris
>>
> VMS does have NFS - server and client. Used it for years, but never 
> found a Windows client (or server) apart from the old Sun version, that 
> was expensive, and very insecure.
> 

I used something called nfsaxe for windows, for a decade or more. Very 
cost effective per machine, but they are no longer in business. Some 
windows professional, desktop had the capability, iirc, but the server
versions all have it. Enabled as a service from setup. Run server
versions here, even for desktop, as it's more secure and has far more
capable system management tools available.

I think PC/NFS was the last Sun version used here, but very old now and
quite primitive, fwir. Worked well with msdos though.

NFS used to run across udp, but v4 has the option of tcp/ip, a more
reliable and secure transport...

Chris