What is a difference between NFS and Samba ? | nfs vs samba

Question : What is a difference between NFS and Samba ?

Question : NFS vs SAMBA

NFS and Samba both are used for File sharing, There are below differences are :

SN	NFS	SAMBA
1	NFS is a protocol	SAMBA is a program that provide SMB/CIFS  (Server Message Block / Common Internet File System)
2	NFS work's only Linux Operating System	SAMBA work's both Linux and windows OS
3	NFS port 2049	SAMBA port 137:netbios, nmbd, 138:smbd,139:netbios datagram and 445:smbd
4	NFS Trust by default all and it's not used  any authentication	SAMBA used authentication
5	NFS provides UNIX filesystem	None Provide

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