Services for UNIX - Interoperability : Windows 7

Using DFS for Centralized Access to Multiple NFS Servers

Ashish — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:28:00 GMT

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)

Using UNIX Attributes tab without installing IdMU

Ashish — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:11:00 GMT

Using UNIX Attributes tab without installing IdMU Starting with the Windows Server 2003 R2 release, Microsoft has made it clear that the AD Lookup feature would be the preferred direction to go for identity mapping between Windows and *nix when it comes...(read more)

Removal of technology: Services for Macintosh (SFM)

Ashish — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:22:00 GMT

Removal of technology: Services for Macintosh (SFM) This seems a little strange and SFM is being talked about on this blog. Well, SFM is one of the technologies that we support along with UNIX Interoperability components like NFS, NIS and SUA. Anyways,...(read more)

Windows 7 SUA SDK

Ashish — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:51:00 GMT

Windows 7 SUA SDK A lot of people have been enquiring about the Windows 7 SUA SDK. There is a lot of anticipation since Windows 7 has already raised the bar on the other fronts and now people have high expectations for SUA SDK that would be released for...(read more)

Can I Set Up User Name Mapping in Windows Vista?

Ashish — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:01:00 GMT

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)

NFS and SUA in Windows 7

Ashish — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:48:00 GMT

NFS and SUA in Windows 7 Finally, the Windows 7 beta is released to the public and we can now experience it ourselves. The PSS people in Microsoft are always excited to try their hands on the latest betas and Windows 7 is not an exception. The first thing...(read more)