On Apr 17, 7:50 am, lensv <le...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well... I know that, but the question was if there are any differences
between smb andcifs.
Cifs is a subset of Smb that deals with file transfers. Any
differences likely depends upon the application. I would expect that,
if you put Smb in the address bar, the app will call Smb and then
transfer the file with Cifs.
Re: SMB & CIFS ... then I guess it makes no differnce which protocol I use? ...Cifs is a subset of Smb that deals with file transfers.... (microsoft.public.macintosh.general)
Re: smbfs support broken in FC7? ... FAQs read, searches done, not interested in CIFS... since the server doesn't speak it. ... which speaks only SMB, so I'm looking for ways to do that. ... which I guess means "host wants to talk SMB not CIFS" in reality. ... (Fedora)
smbfs support broken in FC7? ... this question is not "what do I use instead of smbfs" it's "how do I get smbfs working?"... I need to get data off a machine which speaks only SMB, so I'm looking for ways to do that. ... Using CIFS, linking mount.cifs to mount.smbfs, downloading several smbmount "replacements" which don't work, and other obvious things found in a few hours of search and swear testing. ... which I guess means "host wants to talk SMB not CIFS" in reality. ... (Fedora)
Re: smbfs support broken in FC7? ... FAQs read, searches done, not interested in CIFS... which speaks only SMB, so I'm looking for ways to do that. ... which I guess means "host wants to talk SMB not CIFS" in reality. ... If the machine speaks SMB, then CIFS will work, most likely, you're ... (Fedora)
Re: Missing smbmount ... This is a case in point, the developers bright...shiny machines may all use cifs instead of smb, ... If you need to talk to a system which speaks smb, cifs doesn't cut it, whereas I believe that any system which use cifs will also do smb. ... (Fedora)
