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i have started the services for the nfs server.

i have added a directory in my red hat linux 8.0 to be nfs shared.

i also started nfs and nfslock services but how do i use nfs ?

but how can a windows see the nfs shared file ?

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:41:13 -0800, paul-new staggered into the Black
Sun and said:

Quote:> i have started the services for the nfs server.
> i have added a directory in my red hat linux 8.0 to be nfs shared.
> i also started nfs and nfslock services but how do i use nfs ?

mount -t nfs nfsserver:/path/to/nfs/share /mnt/somewhere \
-o rsize=8192,wsize=8192
(only works on Unix machines)

Quote:> but how can a windows see the nfs shared file ?

You can buy commercial products that allow 'Doze to use NFS shares.
Microsoft has their own network filesystem, so there is precious little
internal support in 'Doze for other network filesystems.

If you're interested in using a Linux machine as a fileserver for a
bunch of 'Doze machines, you want to be using Samba, not NFS.  Google
for "Samba tutorial" or pick up the O'Reilly book on Samba (which might
be available for free over the Web) and you'll be up and running.  

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For a Windows machine, use Samba, not NFS.

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