nfs?

[blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

Matthew Gillen wrote:
> Running on the client, what's the output of 'rpcinfo -p <serverhostname>' ?
> 
> Also, can you determine if the OSX client it trying to use NFS over UDP or
> TCP, and if your server is configured to offer over that protocol?

Seems like it might be simpler to use Samba/CIFS[1]. There are fewer 
"moving parts" (fewer daemons if you handle name resolution through 
existing DNS instead of NMB), and the protocol uses fixed ports and 
TCP-only, so easier to firewall.

How it compares to NFS on performance is another matter...

  -Tom

1. http://us1.samba.org/samba/

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