From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Dec 11 21: 3:51 2000 From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 21:03:49 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9B537B402 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:03:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from tom (helo=localhost) by misery.sdf.com with local-esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 145gv4-00070e-00; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 20:20:02 -0800 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 20:20:00 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius To: tom.oneil@instantisp.net Cc: Free Subject: Re: SMB over internet In-Reply-To: <3A353F35.55061AAB@tacni.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Tom ONeil wrote: > Anyone ever allow SMB to be used, either NT or Samba, for a server? I > have a client who wants to share a database with remote employees. > My gut reaction is no, but I don't know the protocol well enough to > detail why it's a bad idea and what alternatives to offer. Hosting a multi-user database through a shared filesystem is usually bad news. Especially if this something like an MS-Access mdb file. Lots of companys figure mdb is pretty neat, until they setup workstations to access it. Trying to do it over an LAN will be worse. Time to look at a proper RDMS system... Sybase 11.0.3 is free for FreeBSD now! Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message