Sharity

Sharity is a client for the SMB protocol (Server Message Block), also known as CIFS protocol (Common Internet File System). CIFS is the file-sharing protocol used by Windows, OS/2, Samba and many others.

Sharity mounts these servers in your file system. Mounting means that you can open files directly from the server with any application you like, as if they were on a local disk.

Other clients (such as smbclient from the Samba suite) provide only an ftp-like interface where you can copy files to and from the share but cannot open them directly.

Features:

• Access files on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Samba, AppleShare IP, FacetWin and other CIFS servers.
• Provides network browsing facility similar to Windows' "Network Neighborhood".
• Runs on almost any Unix operating system (including Mac OS X). Click here for a complete list
• Easy Installation.
• Faster than NFS servers for Windows.
• Shares are mounted in the file system: You can open files directly from the server.
• Seamless integration with your operating system Environment: The Graphical User Interface asks for passwords and is used to configure Sharity.
• Source-code available for download. Download Source Code Now
• Encrypted password transmission.
• Can be compiled with OpenSSL for secure encrypted data transfer.

What is new in this release:

• Bug Fixes:
• Kerberos authentication did not work with Windows 2008 servers. Fixed.
• The modification date of newly created files could be off by several seconds. Fixed.
• Share names may now contain non-ASCII characters.
• Fixed display of share level security mounts in login list.
• Added workarounds for unreliable DFS servers. DFS capable servers may not report their DFS capability immediately after reboot.
• Always allow root user to unmount shares, even if the mounts section is locked.
• New Features:
• Implemented NTLM2 (not to be confused with NTLMv2) authentication. This improves interoperability with Windows 2008 Server.