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Clutch

01-21-2002, 02:40 PM

Ok, I have a very small lan with two mandrake 8.1 machines on it. I can ping them and ssh into them so I know the networking side is set up. I would like to set up nfs so I can easily move files between them, but I haven't understood any of the documentation (I'm a real n00b here). I understand you need to edit a few files like fstab but I am unsure of what to put in them, also how do I actually get the other machine mounted onto the other one? Is there a good guide to this somewhere? I looked for a NHF but I only see ones for samba....

scanez

01-21-2002, 04:13 PM

Have you had a look at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html

Unless there is some other reason you want to mount a share from one machine on the next, if all you want to do is copy files between them, I suggest looking into scp or uucp. Might be easier to use than NFS.

Cheers
SC

Keyser Soze

01-25-2002, 06:46 PM

Having the shares always mounted becomes convenient the 159th time you start typing...rcp ###########

scanez

01-25-2002, 06:56 PM

Yep, and also creates all the security probs and other problems that some with NFS and the could be scenario where you forget you are in the NFS mounted directory and delete something you weren't supposed to. I personally find scp easier to use :)

Keyser Soze

01-28-2002, 08:19 AM

NFS can be made secure. It is there to make sharing resources more convenient. And one should always be careful about what they are deleting. :rolleyes:

Morph

01-28-2002, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by Keyser Soze:
<STRONG>Having the shares always mounted becomes convenient the 159th time you start typing...rcp ###########</STRONG>

oh daaarling you are soooo out of 2000. WHo uses rcp when you can use scp ;)

Keyser Soze

01-29-2002, 07:51 AM

And that affects the point how? It really depends on the systems also. You probably use mainly windows and linux where you have the choice of only a few remote file services. I use: AIX,Solaris,HP-UX,OFS,VMS,IRIX,NT,Novell, and last and most definately least...windows. Keep the different methods in mind. I do agree that SCP is better than RCP. Still doesn't change the point I was trying to make. ;)