Topic: NFS Server

[Richard Emerson]

Anyone tried NFS server on E-Smoth 3?  Also Appgen 5.1 runs fine on E-Smith, as well as Webmin, installing Sybase today for school project for my daughter.
Richard

PS Making modifications via Webmin means the apropiate template must be updated.

[Kim Morrison]

Hi Richard,

It's great to know that Appgen and Webmin run well!  It doesn't seem like anyone has NFS server experience.  I'll keep my ears open. I'll forward anything I hear about it to you.  

Best regards,

Kim

[Richard Emerson]

Thanks Kim,
  School has one Ultrasparc with a tape changer, thought if I could mount up the /home and /ect I could then tar the home directories and /etc settings every night, samba client on  their versian of solaris does not seem to send encrypted passwords which e-smith has set and win clients now days need. So thats the reason behind the nfs...

[Kim Morrison]

Richard,

I talked to Joe about NFS.  He says it should be pretty easy.  You'll have to install the appropriate RPMs (knfsd) and perhaps (knfsd-clients) from the Red Hat distribution.  Then create the file /etc/exports, something like this:

/home   192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0(ro,no_root_squash)
/etc   192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0(ro,no_root_squash)

Essentially, you just list what you want to export, which IP addresses have accesses, and options.  

Then either reboot or run the command:

/usr/sbin/exportfs

and your Ultrasparc should be able to see the directories.

Good luck!

Kim