Does Microsoft NFS work with Unix, Linux, AIX, HP/UX, Sun Solaris, etc.?
Yes, both the NFSv3 client and server interoperate with these other systems. There are many other systems using NFS that will work too. Understand that NFS works with the passing of UID’s and GID’s which are Unix ID’s. Since Windows ID’s are SID’s you need to install the correct software on the Windows system to do the mapping (UID/GID SID). This is usually called “Identity Mapping”, “IdMU”, “Identity Mapping for Unix”, or “User Name Mapping” (UNM). Starting with Windows Server 2003/R2 this is integrated into Active Directory as RFC2307 (aka LDAP server). 6.04 – Windows File Explorer isn’t refreshing my view of an NFS share. Refer to the Microsoft web page http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894071 for information. While this indicates it applies to SFU 3.0 and should be correct for other, more recent systems.
