Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:14:27 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM'" <vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: sharing drives Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB44011059CF@site2s1>
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One other thing I forgot to say... I don't suggest exporting you root / partition with write access. I would suggest, if you NEED / exported, export it as, / -ro -network 192.168.0 -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Michaels [SMTP:ChrisMic@clientlogic.com] > Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 6:09 PM > To: 'vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM' > Cc: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail) > Subject: RE: sharing drives > > Almost, what happens with FreeBSD NFS exports, is that it doesn't export > mounted directories. SO.. lets say your file system consists of > partitions > mounted on /, /usr, /var > > If you have the below /etc/exports. when someone tries to cd to /usr they > will see an empty directory. You have 2 choices depending upon what > exactly > you want to do. (I don't believe you need the maproot btw). > > / -network 192.168.0 > /usr -network 192.168.0 > /var -network 192.168.0 > > Now, here's the thing. You may not need the -alldirs option. Again, lets > assume that you have /, /usr, and /var. > > What happens is without the -alldirs option, you can't specifically mount > to > a dir under the mount point, e.g. you can't mount /usr/local/etc, you have > to mount /usr. You can still cd to /usr/local/etc just can't specifically > mount to it. (Hope this makes sense). > > You don't need the -maproot because root is root. -maproot would be > useful > if you wanted to give a specific "non-root" user root access to that NFS > share. Such as -maproot=foo, would give user foo root access to that file > system. > > -Chris > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM > [SMTP:vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM] > > Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 5:49 PM > > To: Christopher Michaels > > Subject: RE: sharing drives > > > > I want to mount the whole drive on another machine and have > > read and write permissions like anyone else. > > > > can i do this on the server > > > > / -alldirs -maproot=root 192.168.0 > > > > > > > > On 18-Jun-99 Christopher Michaels wrote: > > > NFS is actually pretty easy. You'll want to read the exports man page > > to > > > find out how to setup your /etc/exports file. > > > > > > Then you'll want to enable NFS in your /etc/rc.conf > > > > > > On the 'client' machine all you have to do to mount the NFS dir is > mount > > -t > > > nfs server:/dir /mount_point. These can also be added your /etc/fstab > > so > > > that they are mounted at startup. > > > > > > A VERY simple /etc/exports that shares /usr to everyone on network > > 10.0.0.x > > > would look like. > > > /usr -network 10.0.0 > > > > > > > > > In your fstab you would then have... (this is from memory and may not > be > > > 100%, as I'm not at home). > > > server:/usr /mnt nfs rw 0 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > If you want to be able to mount a dir dir within a specific partition > > then > > > you would need to add the -alldirs option to your /etc/exports file. > > > > > > Hope this makes some sense, > > > Chris > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM > > [SMTP:vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM] > > >> Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 4:01 PM > > >> To: Christopher Michaels > > >> Cc: questions@freebsd.org; vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM > > >> Subject: RE: sharing drives > > >> > > >> crap i new you would say NFS, I know absolutely > > >> NOTHING about NFS... > > >> > > >> yes i wanted freebsd > freebsd > > >> > > >> > > >> Where do you suggest I start Learning on how to > > >> set up NFS. > > >> > > >> what program or method do i use to connect > > >> drives? > > >> > > >> FTP is getting old.. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 18-Jun-99 Christopher Michaels wrote: > > >> > Not quite sure what you want to do.. If I understand you so far.. > > you > > >> have > > >> > samba setup and have the following working. > > >> > > > >> > FreeBSD --> Windows > > >> > > > >> > Now, do you want to do > > >> > Windows --> FreeBSD > > >> > or > > >> > FreeBSD --> FreeBSD > > >> > ? > > >> > > > >> > If you want the 1st option, you're looking for sharity-light. > Rumba > > was > > >> > renamed. > > >> > If you're looking for the 2nd option, I would strongly suggest NFS > > over > > >> > screwing around with samba/sharity-light. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >> -----Original Message----- > > >> >> From: vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM > > >> [SMTP:vagner@WWW.TIMANDPATRICK.COM] > > >> >> Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 3:04 PM > > >> >> To: questions@freebsd.org > > >> >> Subject: sharing drives > > >> >> > > >> >> i installed samba on my server machine > > >> >> and can connect to it just fine with windows 3.1/98 > > >> >> just fine, but how do i connect to it in freebsd? > > >> >> > > >> >> i think i used Rumba before but i cant find it > > >> >> anymore. > > >> >> > > >> >> anything else easier? > > >> >> > > >> >> ---------------------------------- > > >> >> E-Mail: vagner@vagner.com > > >> >> Date: 18-Jun-99 > > >> >> Time: 12:02:17 > > >> >> How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door > > you're > > >> >> on. > > >> >> > > >> >> This message was sent using FreeBSD Unix. > > >> >> ---------------------------------- > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >> >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > >> > > >> ---------------------------------- > > >> E-Mail: vagner@vagner.com > > >> Date: 18-Jun-99 > > >> Time: 12:57:33 > > >> Five is a sufficiently close approximation to infinity. > > >> -- Robert Firth > > >> > > >> This message was sent using FreeBSD Unix. > > >> ---------------------------------- > > >> > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > ---------------------------------- > > E-Mail: vagner@vagner.com > > Date: 18-Jun-99 > > Time: 14:46:28 > > Please ignore previous fortune. > > > > This message was sent using FreeBSD Unix. > > ---------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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