Re: Plip problems: do I need NFS server?
On 24 Dec 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote:
> On Mon, 2001-12-24 at 03:36, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > I'm trying to set up plip on my desktop and laptop. Plip now runs, but
> > I'm not sure how to continue.
> >
> > I'm working through the NFS Howto, with moderate success only. Anything
> > else I should be reading?
> >
> > Question: is it essential to have a NFS server running on both machines
> > or is portmap enough? If it is essential, I have a problem, because both
> > nfs-kernel-server and nfs-user-server fail to install properly on my
> > laptop.
>
> Describe moderate success?
>
> In lieu of that information I'll try to give a comprehensive list of
> things:
>
Thank you; very helpful. I think you've answered the rather unformed
questions I asked.
> Both server and client are going to need the nfs-common package.
>
Got that.
> Server needs in addition to nfs-common, the nfs-kernel-server or the
> userspace server.
>
Got that on my desktop; neither will install properly on my laptop, for
some reason, but the desktop can presumably act as server and allow
transfer in both directions?
> Server's /etc/exports file is going to need the listing of filesystems
> or directories to export prefereably with the ip address of the client
> over the plip link instead of world access. Then exportfs -a -v should
> tell you some information about exporting.
>
> The client needs nfs filesystem support in the kernel. Make the
> mountpoint for the nfs drive on the client. mount server:/mountpoint
> /mountpoint should do just fine unless you're going to need adjust
> parameters for speed or performance over the PLIP link. I've been quite
> happy with the defaults over switched ethernet networks, YMMV. If you
> get a denial from the server it's going to take some work with the
> /etc/exports file on the server to get it working.
>
This explains what I was unclear about; I'll try it out.
Anthony
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