Topic: NFS

[Nicolas]

Hi.  I was wondering how I could access my esmith folders.
I am using SuSE Linux 7.0... thank you. (ie How do I enable NFS on the esmith server)

[Gordon Rowell]

Nicolas wrote:

> Hi.  I was wondering how I could access my esmith folders. I am
> using SuSE Linux 7.0... thank you. (ie How do I enable NFS on
> the esmith server)

We don't currently support NFS on the e-smith server. There are a number of problems
with doing so, in particular NFS (lack of) security as it is based on trusting the UID/GID
provided by the client machine rather than the user-based security we use for all of the
other e-smith systems.

The next problem is access control to sections of the e-smith server. This implies running
a common UID/GID regime across your network (always a good idea), which probably implies
running something like NIS/YP (which may not be). I have already posted a contributed RPM
for initial NIS support.

The other problem with NFS is one of ensuring that the name/IP mappings for the NFS
clients remains constant (or is managed when this changes). Most parts of NFS are based
on IP addresses, but one daemon caches hostnames.

So, in short, we don't plan to support NFS at this stage as part of the product. You can relatively
easily add the modules to the server, with the provisos above. We have done so internally, but it is
not smooth sailing and does not fit well with the e-smith simplicity goal.

Gordon

[Edward OBrien]

I was just getting ready to ask the same question because I didn't see nfs and portmap on my server.  Can anyone reccomend a good Linux client side samba application?

[steve]

i use komba, or gnomba (if you use gnome).
works just like network neighborhood.