On Friday 28 Mar 2003 11:27 pm, Ibly Piblo wrote: > I think it would be much more beneficial to the users > especially us newbies who are not well versed in nfs > technology, if: > > 1.) drakconf would automatically set up > and configure the client or server side > of the machine, currently it only tries > to search for what might be there, and > it does not correctly set up the nfs. > > I think it should also have a mini text console > and log the text in a file so that one can > learn along with it, or for very new newbies, > it can have a tutorial that you click-and-follow > along with. > > Just some ideas for the Mandrake Team. > > Sorry for the OT. > I sympathise with your frustration, but believe me setting up NFS is a *lot* easier now than it used to be.
>From the client side all you have to do is run the NFS GUI, search for advertised exports and pick a mount point. Selecting 'Expert' is useful so you can make the share user mountable, and to make it 'noauto' If NFS shares are auto mounted you can get problems with the computer 'hanging' for 5 minutes when it powers off if the server is switched off before the client. >From the server side all you need to do is make sure the following services are running :- nfs netfs nfslock portmap Create an /etc/exports file. Mine looks like this :- /home 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.128(rw) /usr/src/RPM 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.128(rw) (I believe the use of root_no_squelch is deprecated, but I cannot remember why) Make sure there is no 'whitespace' after the subnet mask or else it will not work. Then enter' exportfs -ra' and that should be all you have to do. (hopefully) BTW: NFS is notoriously insecure, and should not be used over unprotected Lan segments. For a secure method of passing files between Linux computers that happen to be using KDE, give kio_fish a try. It is installed by default with Mandrake 9.1 http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/kio_fish.html derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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