From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 06:12:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E121065689 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:12:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhall@socket.net) Received: from mf5.socket.net (mf5b.socket.net [216.106.26.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29C8D8FC12 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:12:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhall@socket.net) Received: from [10.129.40.202] (216.106.31.239.reverse.socket.net [216.106.31.239]) by mf5.socket.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E458591E8 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:57:16 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: From: Jay Hall To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:56:45 -0600 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Subject: NFS or an alternative? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:12:09 -0000 I am in the process of redesigning my organization's network. And, since we will be using mostly Macintosh OS X clients, I am considering using NFS. However, I will need the ability to perform user/group authentication since users may not always log in from the same PC. Essentially, each user has a home directory which only they, and possibly their secretary, needs to have access to. And, we have directories which groups of people need access to. From the reading I have done this evening, my understanding is NFSv4 will meet all of these needs. Is this correct? And, is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks, Jay