Topic: Contributed NFS RPM question

[Mike]

Has anyone tried the contributed NFS RPM? Does it allow you to expost directories or ibays from the server using NFS?

Thanks

[Grethus]

I tried it and I to am looking for a solution.
I only can access it for the e-smithserver itself.
But I had to put the Ibaylink in the /etc/exports by hand.

when mounting it I had to type the whole linkname.
It is not easy and I still did not get it to work on our SGI's, only once I was able to do so, again only when i mounted it by hand (mount server:/blabla /blabla)

I was not capable to do it again, thats why I am also looking for an answer

But perhaps the above wil work for you.

[Mike]

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. When I tried to install the nfs RPM, it complained that RPM needed nfs-utils, which then complained that it needed portmap and so on. Is this normal? I thought that the contributed RPM file would just work without having to install other RPMs.

[Rob Hillis]

Mike wrote:

> I'm not sure exactly what you mean. When I tried to install
> the nfs RPM, it complained that RPM needed nfs-utils, which
> then complained that it needed portmap and so on. Is this
> normal? I thought that the contributed RPM file would just
> work without having to install other RPMs.

The e-smith RPMs *only* contain the necessary customisation of your server in order to properly run the packages.  Yes, they *are* dependant on the RPMs in particular.

Think of them as "configuration" RPMs.

[Mike]

Thanks Rob, that clears it up nicely.

As a follow on, should I  install a Redhat RPM of  nfs-utils? Would that be ok?

[Rob Hillis]

Mike wrote:

> Thanks Rob, that clears it up nicely.
> As a follow on, should I  install a Redhat RPM of  nfs-utils?
> Would that be ok?

Generally speaking, it doesn't matter.  However, as SME is based on RedHat 7.1, it's the best way to avoid trouble to pick packages built for RedHat 7.1.  If there are 7.2 packages available, it's probably safe to use them.

[Mike]

Thanks Rob.