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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...

Filed under: SFU, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Client for NFS, Services for UNIX, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

AD Lookup with ADAM/ADLDS
10 July 09 11:17 PM | Ashish | 0 Comments   

AD Lookup with ADAM/ADLDS With removal of UNM in Vista/W2K8, it became really problematic to map users in non-AD environments to use with Vista/LH NFS Servers and Clients. For client, a workaround was discovered which was essentially a registry tweak Read More...

Filed under: Server for NFS, Active Directory Lookup, Windows Vista, Client for NFS, Windows Server 2008, ADAM, ADLDS

Can I Set Up User Name Mapping in Windows Vista?
27 March 09 09:01 PM | Ashish | 1 Comments   

Can I Set Up User Name Mapping in Windows Vista? Unfortunately, no if you don't have a SFU 3.5 or W2K3 R2 machines on the network that is running User Name Mapping service. This has been a major disappointment with NFS deployments using Windows Vista. Read More...

Filed under: Windows Vista, Client for NFS, Windows 7

Limitation with Active Directory Lookup feature in Microsoft Services for NFS
15 December 08 10:25 PM | Ashish | 0 Comments   

Limitation with Active Directory Lookup feature in Microsoft Services for NFS The Active Directory Lookup feature that was introduced with Windows Server 2003 R2. This feature greatly simplifies the UNIX identity information management but has its own Read More...

Filed under: Server for NFS, Windows Server 2003 R2, Active Directory Lookup, Windows Vista, Client for NFS, Windows Server 2008

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...

Filed under: SFU, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Client for NFS, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Services for UNIX

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...

Filed under: SFU, Server for NFS, User Name Mapping, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Client for NFS, Services for UNIX

UNIX Interoperability and Windows Vista
01 May 07 05:44 PM | Ashish | 10 Comments   

UNIX Interoperability and Windows Vista There was SFU 3.5 Interoperability components. It got ported to Windows Server 2003 R2. And now we have similar interop components packaged with Windows Vista too. Windows Vista Ultimate and Enterprise editions Read More...

Filed under: Active Directory Lookup, Windows Vista, SUA, Client for NFS, Services for UNIX