Tom

Thanks for the kinds words about the Wiki - I'll pass them along to those who set it up and maintain it.

Vern

At 05:56 PM 9/18/2007, you wrote:

Vernon Hamberg wrote:

> Anonymous access can be set up - with limits on which IP addresses
> are granted access to the NFS server - or you can set up users and
> passwords. Here is our wiki article on doing this in Windows - we
> also have articles on setting up NFS in Linux, IIRC.
>
> http://wiki.rjssoftware.com/wiki/index.php/NFS_File_Sharing_on_a_Windows_Server_via_Windows_Services_for_Unix_Version_3.5
>
> The article is pointed at use with our WebDocs product and mentions
> our DOCMOUNT command, which basically runs the system MOUNT command -
> see the article I sent to Paul for the settings our DOCMOUNT command uses.

Vern:

First, nice Wiki. Second, the IP address control to limit to AS/400
(if desired) seems a good start on this kind of restriction.

Thanks for the info reference.

Tom Liotta

> At 11:55 PM 9/17/2007, you wrote:
>
>> Vernon Hamberg wrote:
>>
>>> We highly recommend NFS if it's available - none of the requirements
>>> for matching user ids and passwords as QNTC has - so if the
>>> Sharepoint server can handle NFS, it's the bomb - the NFS server is
>>> free from Microsoft.
>> I'm not at all disagreeing,... just curious. I haven't run into an
>> NFS setup for Windows that didn't have user/password requirements.
>> Most especially when communications crossed what used to be called
>> 'trusted domains' or whatever that deal was, I saw little but
>> trouble with NFS plus Windows. Of course, I haven't yet used an NFS
>> server direct from Microsoft, so maybe that explains it.
>>
>> How is it secured? I.e., how is the user/password kept secure?

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