Re: [tlug] disk configuration: drive mounting

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Marlo" == Marlo Rocci <comslave@example.com> writes:

    Marlo> Part of the reason is to assess how one would integrate
    Marlo> redhat into a pre-existing windows enviroment.

For what purpose?  Are you substituting Red Hat for Windows, as
implied by the following?

    Marlo> The primary rule with windows users is that you do not want
    Marlo> to have them type anything.  Anything that can be typed
    Marlo> can be mis-typed, resulting in an error.

Or is it a server, or a proxy, or what?

    Marlo> Ideally, mounting a network share should be a matter of
    Marlo> selecting from a list of network resources already known by
    Marlo> the computer.

Not for a multiuser distributed system; it needs more identification
and authentication, which may not be implementable locally.  And what
do you mean by "network share"?  SMB?  Or maybe NFS?  AFS?  Coda?
Intermezzo?  ....  Each has its own characteristics.


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