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Title: What happen to EVFS in eCom 2.0 GA
Post by: sXwamp on 2010.05.24, 00:29:08
I was wondering if I missed something during the install of eCom 2.0 GA, what happen to EVFS and the GUIevfs files?

Greggory
Title: What happened to EVFS in eCom 2.0 GA
Post by: herwigb on 2010.05.24, 08:19:25
I don't have 2.0 GA yet, but I can assure you they are still there. You might not recognize EVFSGUI at the first glance, because it was really heavily extended and overhauled.
Title: Re: What happen to EVFS in eCom 2.0 GA
Post by: sXwamp on 2010.05.24, 22:08:59
Quote from: sXwamp on 2010.05.24, 00:29:08
I was wondering if I missed something during the install of eCom 2.0 GA, what happen to EVFS and the GUIevfs files?

Greggory

Here is the location on CD#1:

>...the EVFSgui package is on the install CD you will probably
>find it in [CD]:\CID\SERVER\ECSPKG\ESAMBAC.WPI
>
>Regards
>
>Pete

Ok, I reinstalled eCom 2.0 GA on my maintenance partition and left the file printer sharing option ON.  Now the evfs client gets installed. There are two sub-options under the file and printer sharing option. The first option is IBMs file sharing and the second option is Samba GUI client.

I really don't like this, EVFS should automatically be installed with or with out the file & printer sharing.

Title: Re: What happen to EVFS in eCom 2.0 GA
Post by: Pete on 2010.05.26, 02:20:43
Hi Greggory

Sounds like a sensible place to put the EVFSgui option as it is file sharing software.


Regards

Pete
Title: Re: What happen to EVFS in eCom 2.0 GA
Post by: sXwamp on 2010.05.26, 03:11:24
Quote from: Pete on 2010.05.26, 02:20:43
Hi Greggory

Sounds like a sensible place to put the EVFSgui option as it is file sharing software.

Regards

Pete

It is a sensible place to put the EVFSgui, but it's not labeled EVFSgui.   It's a sub-option under file and printer sharing, something that I do not use. Also, eCom 2.0 tries to install NetBios over TCPIP, even after I removed file sharing.  This should not be installed if one is going to install a Samba server.

I brought this up just to make sure that others know this before they install their copy on eCom 2.0GA.  Previous RC versions automatically installed EVFS and some may over look this change like I did, or know how it install EVFS afterwords.
Title: What happen to EVFS in eCom 2.0 GA
Post by: herwigb on 2010.05.27, 10:56:10
EVFS(GUI) aka The Samba Client is NOT a file sharing software!

Unlike the LAN-Requester, which normally includes IBM Peer, you cannot use the Samba Client to share files.

The Samba Client (which is EVFS + ndpsmb.dll Plugin + Samba Command Line Utilities + EVFSGUI) can only be used to establish connections to Samba (and Windows) Servers.

If you want to share files without LAN-Requester+IBM Peer, you MUST install a (simple) Samba Server on your machine.

The Samba Server WPI package (which does not come with eCS 2.0 AFAIK) can be found at http://svn.netlabs.org/samba (http://svn.netlabs.org/samba).
Title: Re: What happen to EVFS in eCom 2.0 GA
Post by: sXwamp on 2010.05.27, 11:50:01
Quote from: herwigb on 2010.05.27, 10:56:10
EVFS(GUI) aka The Samba Client is NOT a file sharing software!

Unlike the LAN-Requester, which normally includes IBM Peer, you cannot use the Samba Client to share files.

The Samba Client (which is EVFS + ndpsmb.dll Plugin + Samba Command Line Utilities + EVFSGUI) can only be used to establish connections to Samba (and Windows) Servers.

If you want to share files without LAN-Requester+IBM Peer, you MUST install a (simple) Samba Server on your machine.

The Samba Server WPI package (which does not come with eCS 2.0 AFAIK) can be found at http://svn.netlabs.org/samba (http://svn.netlabs.org/samba).

1) The question was: What happen to EVFS in eCom 2.0 GA, I have eCom 2.0GA installed.

2) It was automatically install before (RCs), now its a sub-option under file and printer sharing (Some people don't use peer).

2a) If you deselect IBM peer it still tries to install NetBIOS over TCP/IP which is very bad to begin with and does not work with Samba server right?

3) I was trying to tell other where it is (it's not even labeled EVFS), and if they miss it, how to install it later.

4) Yes, it is a client, never said it was for sharing, but it is under the file and printer sharing option in eCom 2.0GA now,  some people may miss it like I did.  

5) I think it should have been installed automatically. with or without IBM peer networking like before.  

6) By the way great work on it, Thank you!