Filepro and Samba

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Boaz Bezborodko (Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:53:00 -0500):
[... filePro on Windows network ...]
> I changed the subject title to more accurately reflect the direction of
> my questions.
>
> Since I only use Filepro as a fileserver and print server, can I use a
> Linux server running Samba instead?  With this Filepro is still running
> natively on the local windows machines and sees the files on a drive on
> the network just like normal.
>
> Will this work?
>
> If it does then it also gives me a chance to get my feet wet with Linux
> without having to worry about porting all my applications over to it.

I believe that there are already people out there (some, as I recall,
are on this list) using SAMBA with Windows filePro.  As I understand
it, SAMBA allows the Linux filesystem to appear as a sharable drive
to Windows, just like any other network share from a Windows server.

Simply connect to the SAMBA share from Windows, and point filePro to
that drive.  (Or, with the additional UNC capabilities of 5.6, simply
point filePro to the UNC path directly.)

Note, however, that you can't share the filePro data between Windows
and Linux versions of filePro.  (Differences in filenames, such as
"prc.automatic" versus "auto.prc", as well as checksums.)  Yes, the
key/data/indexes can be shared, but not map/screen/output/etc.

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