>>Is there a way to place my Vfp DB files in a Unix server and access them directly (Windows client) ? If not, anybody know a tool to help me?
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>The DBF files can reside on whatever file server type you like; I've used the Samba client drivers successfully to access files resident on a RedHat server; you might try
http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/Ed, how would you rate reliability and performance vs NT 4? In the past, I've heard horror stories about trying to use a Win95/98 box as a file server, but NT workstation and NT server do very well. I'm considering getting one of these shoebox servers (Snap! or Linksys) and using it as a file server for some Win95/98 clients who'll be running VFP as well as VB/Jet apps. Thanks for your thoughts.