smbmount vs. smbclient

[gboyce at badbelly.com (gboyce)]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Kristian Hermansen wrote:

> On 3/12/07, jbk <jbk at mail2.gis.net> wrote:
>> I think smbmount has been depricated for mount -t cifs
>> //host/share /mountpoint. I don't have XP but I use this
>> command on my ms2000 host.
>
> Yeah, you may need to exchange 'smbfs' and 'cifs' with different
> versions of Windows shares and SMB packages.  I have never figured out
> exactly why.  Additionally, if you don't have to use SMB -- DON'T!!!
> NFS is up to 10x faster than SMB.  In conclusion, SMB (as a protocol)
> sucks...

NFS is faster, but provides very little in the way of access control.

If your data is at all sensitive, make sure you understand the security 
implications of your remote file system choice.

--
Greg

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