Summary
NFS is an extremely useful tool for
performing file sharing between UNIX and Linux systems. Unlike Samba, NFS
provides explicit support for UNIX-style file ownership and permissions. NFS
configuration tends to be simpler than Samba configuration, as well. On the
other hand, NFS relies upon a trusted hosts security model, and if you don't
keep your usernames synchronized across clients and servers, you'll have to
resort to a username mapping scheme such as storing user IDs in a special
configuration file.