On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:17:08 -0500 Nicholas MIller wrote: > > OpenBSD is my favourite option for servers but not for nfsv4. Do you > > need file locking or can you use something like sftp (ssh file > > transfer)? > > why don't you like OpenBSD for nfs? OpenBSD only supports nfsv3. I don't think nfs is highly regarded security wise so that hasn't helped it to get a great deal of attention. > and I am fairly sure nfs is better > suited for most of my needs right now since the system has much more > storage than my laptop which helps as an always mountable extra space If you want multi-users and file locking etc.. then cool otherwise I'd personally definately use sftp/ssh. Check out sshfs. Then you can use a public key, with top class security and no password. Chroot and multi-level priviledge seperation takes a second too (about 3 short config lines). It's also super slick.
