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Managing Client Groups - An Easier Approach
12 November 09 04:43 PM | Ashish | 0 Comments   
Managing Client Groups - An Easier Approach On UNIX-based NFS servers, it's much easier to control access to the NFS shares based on host names or IP addresses. You just have to put them in the export file and it's done. It's not so difficult in Windows Read More...
Using DFS for Centralized Access to Multiple NFS Servers
11 September 09 12:28 PM | Ashish | 0 Comments   
Using DFS for Centralized Access to Multiple NFS Servers Lately, we have seen customers who are trying to utilize DFS to publish NFS shares from a single DFS server to centralize the access for the clients. This has several benefits. It removes the problem Read More...
All (well, almost) about Client for NFS - Configuration and Performance
14 April 08 06:42 AM | Ashish | 4 Comments   
All (well, almost) about Client for NFS - Configuration and Performance I was looking at the referrals this blog gets and I noticed that a lot of times people look for information on Client for NFS in Services for UNIX, Windows Server 2003 R2 or in Windows Read More...
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 3 (Advanced Mapping)
24 January 08 11:20 PM | Ashish | 4 Comments   
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 3 (Advanced Mapping) Simply said - when you map users and groups manually with their UNIX counterparts, it's called Advanced Mapping. From the last post on User Name Mapping, you may be aware that Simple Mapping automatically Read More...
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 2 (Simple Mapping)
02 October 07 03:45 PM | Ashish | 2 Comments   
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 2 (Simple Mapping) Continuing the discussion from Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 1 - I will explain how to get Simple Mappings done in this post. To rephrase, User Name Mapping (UNM) bridges the gap between the Read More...
SFU hot fixes in email
07 September 07 12:05 AM | Ashish | 0 Comments   
SFU hot fixes in email Like any other Microsoft hot fix, you can also receive SFU hot fixes in your inbox - http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451 All you need is the KB article number which describes the fix you need. While we are talking about it, Read More...
Update: Windows Server 2003 SP2 breaks SFU
11 July 07 03:05 PM | Ashish | 1 Comments   
This post discussed about a problem with SFU 3.5 Interix and Password Synchronization components which break when you install Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2. It also lists steps to fix it manually using files from another hot fix. Microsoft has released Read More...
"Network Error 53", "The data area passed to a system call is too small" or "Unknown Error"
05 June 07 12:51 AM | Ashish | 11 Comments   
"Network Error 53", "The data area passed to a system call is too small" or "Unknown Error" Client for NFS included with Windows Server 2003 R2 returns different errors when trying to access NFS shares on UNIX-based NFS servers. The exact error message Read More...
How User Name Mapping works?
11 May 07 09:28 PM | Ashish | 8 Comments   
How User Name Mapping works? User Name Mapping is the core NFS authentication component in Services for UNIX, Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Vista. It bridges the gap presented by difference in user identification methods used by Windows and UNIX Read More...
Set up Server for NFS in Windows Server 2003 R2
19 April 07 05:30 PM | Ashish | 11 Comments   
Set up Server for NFS in Windows Server 2003 R2 In this post, I will talk about configuring Microsoft Services for Network File System, mainly Server for NFS and User Name Mapping , in Windows Server 2003 R2. You can follow the same steps for Services Read More...
GID on NTFS File System
16 April 07 09:36 PM | Ashish | 1 Comments   
GID on NTFS File System Can you set group on a file or folder on NTFS file system? - No, ugh... Yes. This question puzzled me for a long time but since it never really made it to my top priorities, I didn't look up for information on this. I thought of Read More...
Active Directory Lookup? Or, User Name Mapping? Or Both?
13 April 07 08:54 PM | Ashish | 11 Comments   
Active Directory Lookup? Or, User Name Mapping? Or Both? User Name Mapping in Windows Server 2003 R2 and Services for UNIX allows you map UNIX user and group accounts to their Windows counterparts (both local and domain accounts). This service is used Read More...
Services for UNIX vs Windows Server 2003 R2 UNIX Interoperability
12 April 07 11:24 PM | Ashish | 22 Comments   
Services for UNIX vs Windows Server 2003 R2 UNIX Interoperability Services for UNIX is a software package which helps integrating UNIX systems in your Windows environment. With Services for UNIX 3.5 (which is the latest version of this product line) you Read More...

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