[KLUG Members] Defrag'ing ext3 filesystems?

[Jim C]

Interesting.  I had heard that if one wanted to export a user directory 
type share to a Windows environment, that one should use CIFS and export 
with Samba... or some such.  Is there a better way that comes to mind?
Primary concern here is permissions.

adam@morrison-ind.com wrote:
>>OK, all other things equal what are the benefits of using CIFS over 
>>Samba?  How would one go about doing this?
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> Er?  CIFS=SMB=Samba
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> CIFS (Common Internet Filesystem) is a marketroid name for SMB that Microsloth
> came up with in a short-lived attempt to make SMB an Internet standard (Hah!). 
> They even said it could be used to replace HTTP!  Of course, that was so absurd
> they got rode out of town on a rail.  People like me still call SMB, CIFS -
> because we like the name better, it is easier to say AND sounds a little like a
> brain-wasting sexually transmitted disease, which itself is a bit like the SMB
> protocol.
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