RE: alternative to samba

  • From: Stephen.Lee@xxxxxxxx
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:16:16 -0600

I looked at Unix to Windows file sharing stuff about 9 years ago.  I'm just
about positive there was something that used FTP underneath.  Now, it's
going to bother me to no end trying to remember what it was.

> -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > Somewhere in my foggy memories of fiddling with Samba, I keep 
> > thinking that
> > it is used FTP under the covers.that I'm all wrong here.
> 
> Indeed, I think the fog is thinker than you realise :-).  FTP 
> isn't the basis for Samba - Andrew Tridgwell and his 
> colleagues reverse engineered the CIFS/SMB protocol ... it's 
> all native.  As for "support" disappearing any time soon, 
> I'll mention that to Andrew ... he'll get a laugh.
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