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If I understand:<br />
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-NFS : is for Linux systems Only to share files (windows systems are excluded)<br />
-Samba: is for Windows systems to access shared files in Linux Systems<br />
-For Linux systems to access shared files in Windows systems, we need to install on windows : &quot;Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications&quot; <br />
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Correct?
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If I understand:

-NFS : is for Linux systems Only to share files (windows systems are excluded)
-Samba: is for Windows systems to access shared files in Linux Systems
-For Linux systems to access shared files in Windows systems, we need to install on windows : "Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications"

Correct?

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I would like to know in which scenario NFS will be used in Linux.<br />
Seeing that NFS is not understood by windows clients that mostly used in businesses.<br />
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Any help will be very much appreciated<br />
<br />
Thanks
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I would like to know in which scenario NFS will be used in Linux.
Seeing that NFS is not understood by windows clients that mostly used in businesses.

Any help will be very much appreciated

Thanks

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