If you share under Samba a directory that is an NFS mount to another machine it's possible that file and record locking will not work properly, i.e., if there is contention for access to the same files/records resulting from different services (smb, nfs, and perhaps local I/O on the same files). If you are planning to share files such that multiple users will write concurrently to the same files then I'd suggest testing file and record locking creating contention between smb and nfs clients.
Ron
Andy Hall wrote:
>
> hi there - hope you can help.
>
> can I export a filesystem over NFS, and also set that filesystem up as a
> samba share?
>
> or will it conflict and get messy somehow?
>
> I want home directories to be held centrally on a server running NFS (keep
> it tidy, easy to administer and backup etc) but for people using windows to
> also be able to access those home directories (easy transfer of files
> between windows and their linux accounts)
>
> I'm sure this is a common setup at many companies, but I've never done it
> before so thought I'd check with people more experienced than me :-)
>
> FYI - the NFS homes are under /export/home2 on the server, so I was just
> going to share this directory under samba rather than use the [homes]
> definition in the smb.conf file (which would share /home right?)
>
> thanks very much for your help.
>
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