[TriLUG] samba vs. webdav on small mixed-os networks?

[Mark Kempster]

Roy Vestal wrote:
> I'm getting ready to setup a server at home. I want to share, via SAMBA,
> a couple of drives, and at the same time use it as a webserver. i know
> that this isn't the most ideal thing, but I only have room for one
> server.

I find myself in a similar situation.

As a prototype, I set up apache2 (debian testing + unstable), which is
almost out-of-the-box set up to share webdav, which you can map as a
'network drive' on a windows box. I think nautilus will let you do the
same sort of thing, as will the file browser (what's it called?) on OSX.
As a last resort, you can always get to files via a web browser.


On to the question: In a mixed-OS network with 1-3 linux servers and
1-10 mixed-OS clients, what's the best way to share a linux server's
filesystem?

Does it change if the linux server will also run a webserver anyway?

How about if all the clients are MS?

TIA
Cheers
- Mark