I have a high-end Linux box, a WinXP box and a piece of crap
linux laptop on my LAN using static private IPs behind a
dsl router (192.168.x.x etc). Samba allows both linux cpus access
to the XP box but the linux boxes won't see or share files with each
other.

I think NFS should be used for the linux machines to share files, but I have
no clue what to use to set that up. I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on both
machines. How do I do this?


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bznutz <gettinbusy@yourwifeshouse.com> wrote:
....
> I think NFS should be used for the linux machines to share files, but I have
> no clue what to use to set that up. I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on both
> machines. How do I do this?

Try the NFS HOWTO (www.tldp.org).

Good luck

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 22:48:10 GMT, bznutz wrote:
> I have a high-end Linux box, a WinXP box and a piece of crap
> linux laptop on my LAN using static private IPs behind a
> dsl router (192.168.x.x etc). Samba allows both linux cpus access
> to the XP box but the linux boxes won't see or share files with each
> other.
>
> I think NFS should be used for the linux machines to share files, but I have
> no clue what to use to set that up. I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on both
> machines. How do I do this?

Well, if you loaded the documentation, you could do a

locate -i nfs | grep doc
and cut/paste results into your browser.

I would guess the
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-1.0.1/index.html
would be a good first peek, or
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-1.0.1/nfs.html

Also, do a google for a program called LinNeighborhood.

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"bznutz" <gettinbusy@yourwifeshouse.com> wrote in message
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> I have a high-end Linux box, a WinXP box and a piece of crap
> linux laptop on my LAN using static private IPs behind a
> dsl router (192.168.x.x etc). Samba allows both linux cpus access
> to the XP box but the linux boxes won't see or share files with each
> other.
>
> I think NFS should be used for the linux machines to share files, but I
have
> no clue what to use to set that up. I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on both
> machines. How do I do this?
>
>
> --
> I'm a total dork married to a total hottie!!
> bznutz at sarcastic-bastard dot com

In comp.os.linux.networking
Message-<8WcKa.94$%a.2050@newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net>
George Hewitt,<george@nospamgeorgehewitt.co.uk> babbled:

> "bznutz" <gettinbusy@yourwifeshouse.com> wrote in message
> news:Ky4Ka.9253$Xb.7597@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> > I think NFS should be used for the linux machines to share files,
> > but I have no clue what to use to set that up. I'm running
> > Mandrake 9.1 on both machines. How do I do this?
>
> Also, do a google for a program called LinNeighborhood.

So you use LinNeighborhood for NFS shares do you? I didn't know it
would do that. All this time I thought it was just for SMB based
network shares ... Hmmmm, that's funny, I can't get it to show my
NFS shares on my other Linux boxes here. How does one do that using
LinNeighborhood?

Gene <gene@eracc.hypermart.net>
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ERA wrote:

>>Also, do a google for a program called LinNeighborhood.
>
> So you use LinNeighborhood for NFS shares do you? I didn't know it
> would do that. All this time I thought it was just for SMB based


In a similar vein, what's the conventional wisdom have to say
about using SMB for linux to linux, and avoiding NFS altogether.
Somehow it seems wrong, but I guess it would work?

Duke

In article <XFOdnda0--VdlmajXTWJjw@io.com>, Duke Robillard wrote:
> ERA wrote:
>
>>>Also, do a google for a program called LinNeighborhood.
>>
>> So you use LinNeighborhood for NFS shares do you? I didn't know it
>> would do that. All this time I thought it was just for SMB based
>
>
> In a similar vein, what's the conventional wisdom have to say
> about using SMB for linux to linux, and avoiding NFS altogether.
> Somehow it seems wrong, but I guess it would work?

Samba has some insecurities built into it. And I would imagine
it's a lot like having your Windows boxes writing to your Linux
shares all the time. There's going to be a lot of translation and
reverse translation and a loss in performance.

Makes more sense to use the hammer as a hammer rather than
whacking the nail with a screwdriver.

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Seth H Holmes

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:05:07 -0400, Duke Robillard <duke@io.com> wrote:
>In a similar vein, what's the conventional wisdom have to say
>about using SMB for linux to linux, and avoiding NFS altogether.
>Somehow it seems wrong, but I guess it would work?

Check out the chapter devoted to NFS (the Nightmare File System) in
the "Unix Haters Handbook" -- available online at:

http://www.simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf

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(Subtract 10 for email.)

In comp.os.linux.networking
Message-<XFOdnda0--VdlmajXTWJjw@io.com>
Duke Robillard,<duke@io.com> babbled:

> ERA wrote:
>
>>>Also, do a google for a program called LinNeighborhood.
>>
>> So you use LinNeighborhood for NFS shares do you? I didn't know it
>> would do that. All this time I thought it was just for SMB based
>
> In a similar vein, what's the conventional wisdom have to say
> about using SMB for linux to linux, and avoiding NFS altogether.
> Somehow it seems wrong, but I guess it would work?

I don't know what the consensus would be but I would use just NFS in
a *n?x only LAN. Especially if I were fairly sure the LAN would be
pretty secure from outside crack attempts. Like behind a firewall
with NAT or no outside access at all. If I had a large internal LAN
that might be cracked from the inside I'd have to do more research
about which was more secure. IIRC both SAMBA and NFS are susceptible
to packet sniffers on the LAN. However, SAMBA /can/ encrypt the
login password sequence but AFAIK everything else on the wire is in
the clear. But with no security worries and just *n?x ... NFS.

Gene <gene@eracc.hypermart.net>
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