File sharing between Windows 2008 and Unix (Solaris)
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File sharing between Windows 2008 and Unix (Solaris)
Solaris, Unix, File servers, file sharing, NTFS, Solaris 10, Windows Server 2008, Unix interoperability, Windows interoperability
I have Windows Server 2008 which will act as a file server for the Windows
client pc. The Windows client pc will be accessing files on the Unix (Solaris
10) server but I want to control the file access via the file server instead
ie. only the file server will map to the Unix server and share out those
files/folders. If possible, also using the ntfs/security from Windows to
control the access. Appreciate if anyone has any similiar experience or
advice on this? We were using Samba drive previously but do not want to use it now for the upgrade.

Thanks
Francis
ASKED: Sep 5 2008  3:02 AM GMT
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You will still want to have Samba on the Unix server so that the Windows server can talk to it.

You can setup DFS on the server, redirecting folders on the Windows file share to the Unix server. This way users connect to the Windows server network share, and the Windows server redirects through it self to the Unix server. The users will never know that they are getting files from the Unix server.
Last Answered: Sep 5 2008  8:08 AM GMT by Mrdenny   46795 pts.
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Francisg   15 pts.  |   Sep 7 2008  4:00PM GMT

Thanks for the reply :)
Currently, I have the unix server acting as the NFS server which is sharing the folder. So far I managed to mount the unix shared folder from the Windows file server. Can I combine this method instead of samba with DFS to achieve the desired result?

 
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