Need some help with this Unix/Windows Networking scenario.?

Question

An existing network consists of a Unix File server and 5 clients all running Linux.
The network shares have been in existence for sometime and are configured using NFS.
An employee wishes to access their shared directory on the File Server using a Windows based laptop.
The Laptop has been added to the network and configured to receive and IP address using DHCP. Ping tests have confirmed that a connection to the File Server can be made.
There are no permissions that would restrict the share being used and for testing the firewall has been removed from the Server and the Laptop.
Briefly discuss the reason that the share cannot be accessed and what can be done to connect with minimum disruption to the network.


The key to this one is minimum disruption to the network. What kind of protocols need to be configured on the laptop and/or the server.

Answer 1

NFS is native to the Unix and Unix-alike worlds of Linux. For Windows you need CIFS (formerly called SMB) and on Unix-like platforms this is emulated with Samba. Samba should be available for your platform either in binary package or, at a push, in source that you can compile.



There is a Unix bolt-on for Windows but I believe Microsoft have depreciated it, and I couldn't vouch for how it either worked or how well it functioned.

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Answer 3

This is fairly easily accomplished with SAMBA, ill link some documentation here.