[OpenIndiana-discuss] SMB NFS not sure where to go

[Michelle]

I can only remain on a version for so long. Eventually, updates have to
happen, or an OS reinstalled, or something. I'd only be delaying the
inevitable. Plus, I've updated a number of times now I've forgotten the
last version that worked!

Time to call it quits.

Michelle.

On Sun, 2023-09-24 at 21:27 +0200, Goetz T. Fischer wrote:
> i didn't quite get the reason why you wanna keep using samba instead
> of nfs but that aside, since this 
> is your home server, why not just keeping the indiana version that
> worked? or at least the samba version 
> that worked?
> security usually isn't that big of an issue for this purpose.
> 
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 15:34:32 +0100, Michelle wrote:
> > I would like to give my thanks to all who have run and maintained
> > OpenIndiana for the many years it has been available.
> > 
> > I have been using it since big red took the reins of Sun and
> > changed
> > the license of Open Solaris, as it gave me access to ZFS; a product
> > that has made a big difference in my personal computing life.
> > 
> > The community has been welcoming and patient with me despite my
> > novice
> > questions. I just wish I had the skills and time to be able to
> > contribute to the project but my job, my caring duties and looking
> > after a home have left me with little personal time... especially
> > in
> > this last few years.
> > 
> > Unfortunately this latest issue with CIFS/SMB has been quite a
> > disruption and with little way to make progress, I’ve determined
> > that
> > as the problems have persisted despite changing the client from
> > Mint to
> > Ubuntu Cinnamon, I now have to change server platform. I’ll be
> > replacing my OI servers with Debian over the coming weeks.
> > 
> > Thank you all for your patience and help over the years.
> > 
> > Michelle.
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