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Tridgell Taking Samba Beyond POSIX

Posted by michael on from the thunderdome dept.

dW writes "The Australian hacker has been working on pushing Samba beyond the POSIX world and figuring out what work needs to be done to get Samba to support new filesystems such as XFS, ext3, and Storage Tank. The answer is nothing less than a complete rewrite of Samba's smbd code, which has become his latest pet project. Here's an interview with Andrew Tridgell on his latest Samba rewrite."

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  1. I use Samba... by borgdows · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...only because I am on a windows-based network!
    else I'll be using NFS which is a much better protocol in every area.

  2. why is re-writing software so often glorified? by jeffmurphy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    it's always spoken of in awe, but it's actually one of the big mistakes a software developer can make