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Old 02-12-2008
Error Windows machine with NFS-Client

Hi all expert,

can anybody know how to export windows user home directory on NFS server so user can access there files from windows as well as Linux. In short configure windows machine with an NFS client

is there any third party software & how 2 configure it .

Any idea.


Thanks in Advance.
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Old 02-12-2008
Your description is vague, but it sounds more like Samba that NFS. Getting NFS to do Windows desktop home directories and what not is not going to happen. At least not cheap, with profiles, with locking / corruption proof, etc.

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