<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
Sharity	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
program	O
to	O
allow	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
system	I-Application
to	O
mount	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
fileshares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Christian	O
Starkjohann	O
of	O
Objective	O
Development	O
Software	O
GmbH	O
and	O
is	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
(	O
using	O
or	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
using	O
)	O
,	O
can	O
mount	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
natively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
other	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
cannot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
Unix	B-Application
world	O
,	O
Sharity	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
common	O
solution	O
to	O
mounting	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
shares	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
usual	O
recommended	O
workaround	O
—	O
to	O
run	O
Services	O
for	O
UNIX	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
file	O
server	O
and	O
make	O
the	O
share	O
available	O
via	O
NFS	B-Protocol
—	O
is	O
frequently	O
unreliable	O
in	O
practice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharity	B-Protocol
works	O
by	O
making	O
an	O
external	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
share	O
appear	O
to	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
as	O
an	O
NFS-mounted	O
file	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Compare	O
to	O
from	O
Samba	B-Language
,	O
which	O
either	O
provides	O
an	O
FTP-like	O
interactive	O
shell	O
or	O
sends	O
commands	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
file	O
server	O
to	O
be	O
executed	O
remotely	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
following	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
:	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
BSD/OS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Tru64	B-Operating_System
,	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
NEXTSTEP	B-Application
,	O
OpenStep	B-Operating_System
,	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
,	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
4	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharity	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
rewrite	O
of	O
an	O
earlier	O
program	O
,	O
Sharity-Light	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
(	O
having	O
been	O
derived	O
from	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
but	O
is	O
limited	O
in	O
capabilities	O
and	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharity-Light	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
called	O
Rumba	O
(	O
a	O
pun	B-Application
on	O
"	O
Samba	B-Language
"	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
trademarked	O
to	O
another	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharity-Light	B-Protocol
runs	O
in	O
user	O
space	O
rather	O
than	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
space	O
.	O
</s>
