I use short-term nfs mounts of directory trees for performing backups and upgrading software across my LAN. Nfs has worked quite well for me in this capacity. HTH, and have a great day. On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 03:13:46PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > I'm curious what others here on the list might use for sharing file > systems over a local area network. I'm mainly talking about going > between different Linux boxes. Obviously, I use Samba for connecting my > Linux clients to Windows machines. But I wonder about the merit of > using Samba to share between Linux boxes or if I should use NFS instead. > > Curious minds want to know:). > > -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light! CIRCLE RADIUS = sqrt (x ^ 2 + y ^ 2)