Re: [tlug] Networking two Linux computers harder than Linux toWindows?

[Dave M G <martin@example.com>]

Stephen, Scott,

Thank you for responding.

Scott said:
> Or, have you looked in /etc/init.d to see if there is an nfs--or perhaps
> nfs-kernel-server? 

I did find nfs-kernel-server, so I ran that.
$ sudo sh /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server start
Password:
* Exporting directories for NFS kernel 
daemon...                              
exportfs: /etc/exports [2]: Neither 'subtree_check' or 
'no_subtree_check' specified for export "192.168.0.3:/home/fileserver".
Assuming default behaviour ('subtree_check').
NOTE: this default will change with nfs-utils version 1.1.0 [ OK ]
* Starting NFS kernel daemon [ OK ]

Those OK notes look encouraging.

The thing is, is there a command I should be running on the client? The 
notes I've seen seem to only talk about a server.

Stephen said:
>  > 5. I then attempt to make a connection:
>  > $sudo mount 192.168.0.2:/home/fileserver /home/meg/daves_machine
>  > When I ran this last command, it didn't return to a command prompt,
> This is bad, it should only take a couple of seconds to determine that
> NFS server is or is not running.  How long did you wait?
>   
Ages. As I'm writing this it's still waiting, and has been for a good 
ten minutes.

Stephen said:
> mount doesn't create directories.  It attaches a filesystem to an
> existing directory.
>   
Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. I've now ensured that there is a 
directory for the mount command to attach the network share too.

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Dave M G
Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
Kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
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