Services for UNIX - Interoperability
A blog on Services for UNIX and UNIX Interoperability components in Windows by Ashish
Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications is not affected by Shellshock
Greetings, users of Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA). I'm the technical writer for SUA,...
Date: 09/29/2014
Client for NFS in Windows 8
Client for NFS in Windows 8 Now that it's been RTM'ed - it's time you should know what's new with...
Date: 08/01/2012
SUACommunity.com Closure
SUACommunity.com Closure Last week, I was equally surprised when I received the word that...
Date: 07/06/2010
Proof of Concept: NFS Attributes Editor
Proof of Concept: NFS Attributes Editor We come across a lot of people who have IdMU tools installed...
Date: 06/21/2010
Using Kerberos Authentication for Server for NFS
Using Kerberos Authentication for Server for NFS It has always been attributed that the NFS...
Date: 05/25/2010
Synchronizing SFU Attributes with RFC2307 Attributes
Synchronizing SFU Attributes with RFC2307 Attributes In a very short span of time, I received...
Date: 03/31/2010
SUA SDK for Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2
SUA SDK for Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 The news is not new and you may already be aware that...
Date: 03/23/2010
Managing Client Groups - An Easier Approach
Managing Client Groups - An Easier Approach On UNIX-based NFS servers, it's much easier to control...
Date: 11/12/2009
Using DFS for Centralized Access to Multiple NFS Servers
Using DFS for Centralized Access to Multiple NFS Servers Lately, we have seen customers who are...
Date: 09/11/2009
Getting AD Lookup to work without UNIX Attributes tab
Getting AD Lookup to work without UNIX Attributes tab The previous post talks about how to get the...
Date: 07/16/2009
Using UNIX Attributes tab without installing IdMU
Using UNIX Attributes tab without installing IdMU Starting with the Windows Server 2003 R2 release,...
Date: 07/13/2009
AD Lookup with ADAM/ADLDS
AD Lookup with ADAM/ADLDS With removal of UNM in Vista/W2K8, it became really problematic to map...
Date: 07/10/2009
Removal of technology: Services for Macintosh (SFM)
Removal of technology: Services for Macintosh (SFM) This seems a little strange and SFM is being...
Date: 06/24/2009
Windows 7 SUA SDK
Windows 7 SUA SDK A lot of people have been enquiring about the Windows 7 SUA SDK. There is a lot of...
Date: 06/24/2009
Can I Set Up User Name Mapping in Windows Vista?
Can I Set Up User Name Mapping in Windows Vista? Unfortunately, no if you don't have a SFU 3.5 or...
Date: 03/27/2009
NFS and SUA in Windows 7
NFS and SUA in Windows 7 Finally, the Windows 7 beta is released to the public and we can now...
Date: 01/23/2009
Limitation with Active Directory Lookup feature in Microsoft Services for NFS
Limitation with Active Directory Lookup feature in Microsoft Services for NFS The Active Directory...
Date: 12/15/2008
Set up Services for Network File System in Windows Server 2008
Set up Services for Network File System in Windows Server 2008 The Microsoft Services for NFS...
Date: 12/15/2008
All (well, almost) about Client for NFS - Configuration and Performance
All (well, almost) about Client for NFS - Configuration and Performance I was looking at the...
Date: 04/14/2008
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 3 (Advanced Mapping)
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 3 (Advanced Mapping) Simply said - when you map users and...
Date: 01/24/2008
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 2 (Simple Mapping)
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 2 (Simple Mapping) Continuing the discussion from Configuring...
Date: 10/02/2007
SFU hot fixes in email
SFU hot fixes in email Like any other Microsoft hot fix, you can also receive SFU hot fixes in your...
Date: 09/06/2007
Update: Windows Server 2003 SP2 breaks SFU
This post discussed about a problem with SFU 3.5 Interix and Password Synchronization components...
Date: 07/11/2007
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 1
Configuring User Name Mapping - Part 1 On this page, I have put some information about how you can...
Date: 06/05/2007
"Network Error 53", "The data area passed to a system call is too small" or "Unknown Error"
"Network Error 53", "The data area passed to a system call is too small" or "Unknown Error" Client...
Date: 06/04/2007
How User Name Mapping works?
How User Name Mapping works? User Name Mapping is the core NFS authentication component in Services...
Date: 05/11/2007
UNIX Interoperability and Windows Vista
UNIX Interoperability and Windows Vista There was SFU 3.5 Interoperability components. It got ported...
Date: 05/01/2007
Windows Server 2003 SP2 breaks SFU
Windows Server 2003 SP2 breaks SFU We have already seen too many people reporting this - Windows...
Date: 04/27/2007
Set up Server for NFS in Windows Server 2003 R2
Set up Server for NFS in Windows Server 2003 R2 In this post, I will talk about configuring...
Date: 04/19/2007
Using chown/chgrp from UNIX clients
Using chown/chgrp from UNIX clients Why it is still owned by 4294967294? Haven’t I mapped root user...
Date: 04/19/2007
Configuring User Name Mapping
Configuring User Name Mapping We can now mount the share on the Linux client and can also create...
Date: 04/19/2007
Who's 4294967294?
Who's 4294967294? Why is /mnt/nfs owned by something like 4294967294 and why is the group set to the...
Date: 04/19/2007
Mounting NFS share on NFS client
Mounting NFS share on NFS client Now click on OK twice and come out of the folder properties saving...
Date: 04/19/2007
Sharing folders over NFS
Sharing folders over NFS It’s easy – right click on the folder you to share and go to properties on...
Date: 04/19/2007
Introduction and installation of Services for NFS on R2
Introduction and installation of Services for NFS on R2 Following is what makes up Microsoft...
Date: 04/19/2007
GID on NTFS File System
GID on NTFS File System Can you set group on a file or folder on NTFS file system? - No, ugh... Yes....
Date: 04/16/2007
Active Directory Lookup? Or, User Name Mapping? Or Both?
Active Directory Lookup? Or, User Name Mapping? Or Both? User Name Mapping in Windows Server 2003 R2...
Date: 04/13/2007
Services for UNIX vs Windows Server 2003 R2 UNIX Interoperability
Services for UNIX vs Windows Server 2003 R2 UNIX Interoperability Services for UNIX is a software...
Date: 04/12/2007
Welcome to the SFU blog
Welcome to the SFU Blog! I am Ashish, working for the SFU support team at Microsoft. I’ll be talking...
Date: 04/04/2007