Common Networking Services

A number of networking services are required by most organizations. In this book we discuss how each is supported on Linux and Windows. In some cases the services are not present on one or the other platform. The significance of such shortcomings will be discussed, and workarounds will be offered.

File Services

We want shared files to provide shared executable test images and shared source code, and to support the easy passing of documents and spreadsheets between individuals, regardless of what operating system is running on the desktop. There are several choices, as listed in Table 1-6.

Table 1-6. Network file choices
Name Support (runs on)
Common Internet File System (CIFS) Linux, Windows
Network File System (NFS) ...

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