On Apr 5 05:04, Deni wrote: > Hi, I have an issue with mounting Windows file share in Cygwin. > > We have Windows file share which is using NFS to share content. I was > assigned to install Cygwin on it so some application can connect over SFTP > to that server. > > Now they need to access the shared folder from that application and the > app would pull data from that folder.The thing is that the folder is > Windows shared folder (exmple; \\server\photos\). the current Windows > users need to be able to connect to that share (it is mapped to their M > drive) and the app need to connect to SFTP and pull the data from there.
So I take it that you already have the Windows NFS client installed. Is it the builtin MS NFS client or a third-party NFS client? Either way, you already have access to the share from Cygwin either using the /cygdrive/m path, or the //server/share path, which also works OOTB. > My idea was to mount that NFS share in Cygwin and set it as /home > directory so when the app connects, it automatically goes there. > > My questions are: is this possible, Yes. >and does anyone know any better solutions? Nobody really can answer *that* question. It depends on what your users are doing. A local home dir always has speed advantages, so it's more about your users complaining or not if you do it that way. As for how to do that, I suggest to take a look into https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping If you utilize AD you can keep the maintainance centralized easily. HTH, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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