Re: exporting /usr NFS for small network

2001-10-25 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >best thing i can reccomend is just to test it out. the biggest >drawback to nfs on linux is it seems very unreliable. up until >recently i had my /home mounted via nfs to another system on >the local lan at home(100mbit 48port switch)

Re: exporting /usr NFS for small network

2001-10-24 Thread nate
joe golden said: > > I was looking for advice on pitfalls to avoid. > best thing i can reccomend is just to test it out. the biggest drawback to nfs on linux is it seems very unreliable. up until recently i had my /home mounted via nfs to another system on the local lan at home(100mbit 48port switc

Re: exporting /usr NFS for small network

2001-10-24 Thread Rich Puhek
Richard Cobbe wrote: > > Lo, on Wednesday, October 24, joe golden did write: > > > I am getting tired of updating 7 machines. I have home directories > > exported NFS for our network (with minimal security concerns) and this > > seems to work fine. > > > > My question is how do I export usr NFS

Re: exporting /usr NFS for small network

2001-10-24 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 04:15:20PM -0500, Richard Cobbe wrote: > The only thing I'm not sure how to do is keep /usr/local local to each > machine, even though /usr is mounted across the network. This may or may > not be a requirement in your situation, however. Not sure whether this is the best w

Re: exporting /usr NFS for small network

2001-10-24 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Wednesday, October 24, joe golden did write: > I am getting tired of updating 7 machines. I have home directories > exported NFS for our network (with minimal security concerns) and this > seems to work fine. > > My question is how do I export usr NFS. What are the configuration > issues

exporting /usr NFS for small network

2001-10-24 Thread joe golden
I am getting tired of updating 7 machines. I have home directories exported NFS for our network (with minimal security concerns) and this seems to work fine. My question is how do I export usr NFS. What are the configuration issues. How must disks be partitioned? Are all the X/card and mon