Receiver file adapter NFS - Access directory of other server

HI,
I need access from an file adapter type NFS to a shared folder on the SAP ECC server. This is possible?. Users who are connecting to assign permissions on the folder. The 2 servers are on the network and the server is not enabled SAP ECC FTP. All run on Windows 2003 server environments and the SAP PI Server is 7.1 EHP 1.
Regards,
Johnny

To access a Unix NFS from Windows you can install "Microsoft Services for Unix". Those are free of charge provided by Microsoft.
See
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb496506.aspx
Markus

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>Shabarish Vijayakumar wrote:
>>the sender interface details will always remain a constant
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>Shabarish Vijayakumar wrote:
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>>http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b3/9a2aeb24dc4ab6b1855c99157529e4/content.htm
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