Re: Will Suse be it?

From: Drake (dra_at_global.net)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:17:30 -0600

"AT" <notme@example.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.12.27.13.19.08.611543@example.com...
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 23:31:57 -0600, Drake wrote:
> [snip]
>
>>>>>
>>>>>2) Does Suse read & write to NTFS partitions?
>>>>>
>>>>>3) My first intended use for whatever flavor I decide on is for a file
>>>>>server. This server won't have to carry heavy traffic. Is there a
>>>>>particular distro that suits this purpose well?
>
> [snip]
>
>>>> It's disappointing that Linux has difficulty with NTFS, as 90% of my
>>>> machines *are* NTFS with just a few FAT32 partitions here and there. I
>>>> found "AT" 's response (thanks AT!) quite interesting, both for it's
>>>> content and the fact that no one else seems to have mentioned it. Has
>>>> anyone else had any experience with this (
>>>> http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ ) ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again,
>>>> Drake
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>> Why you need NTFS partitions on your Linux Server. We do the same using
>>> Suse 9.2 with Samba and Reiser File Sysyem on the server.
>>
>> I don't need it on the server, I need to be able to read & write to NTFS
>> network shares.
>
> Do I understand you correctly? You have NTFS partitions on a server that
> you want to share with (Linux) machines over the network?

Sorry, I should have been clearer. Actually (and this is for my first foray
into Linux), my intentions are to build a *Linux* file server from which I
can read and write to XP NTFS & FAT 32 network shares. I also would like to
read and write from the XP machines to the Linux server. Is this possible
(forgive my ignorance)?

If I like Linux (and by all accounts, why wouldn't I?), I also plan on
eventually adding a Linux partition to a machine here and there, so I would
also appreciate the ability to read NTFS & FAT partitions on the same
machine from the Linux partition, which is why I found your recommendation
of "Captive" of interest. What have your experiences been? The website makes
it sound stable. What has your experience with it been?

>
> If so, you could have mentioned that a little bit earlier. What you need
> is Samba and that's included with SuSE.
>
> Here's how it works:
>
> 1. NTFS on Windows fileserver shared over the network.
> 2. Other machines on the network don't care about the filesystem, because
> they don't see what type it is. The filesystem is handled on the server,
> not on the client.
> 3. On Linux, you use smbclient (the Samba client) or smbmount (to mount
> Samba shares) to access the network shares.
>
> Captive and the kernel NTFS driver are only used to access local NTFS
> partitions (on the machine Linux is running on).
>
> For further info read the Samba documentation in the SuSE admin-guide (and
> on www.samba.org and maybe on www.tldp.org). It's pretty straightforward.

Thanks for these links, I will definitely check them out.

Thanks again,
Drake

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