Re: mount remote file system

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

Is the remote DVD already mounted on the remote machine?

On 08/19/08 06:30, Jos Collin wrote:
> I'm sorry. The question was not clear. I want to mount a remote DVD and 
> have it presented to me on my local machine. I was searching whether 
> there is any option using the command 'mount'. Is it possible with 
> 'mount -t nfs' or 'mount -t smbfs'?
>
> - Jos Collin
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net 
> <mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 08/19/08 06:03, Jos Collin wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         Is there any way to mount a remote file system using the command
>         'mount'? (not sshfs). I'm using Linux in the remote machine too.
>         I'm trying to mount the dvd in the remote machine.
>
>
>     You want a remote filesystem visible to your machine?  That's what
>     NFS is for.
>
>     But are you asking how to use the *local* mount(8) to mount a remote
>     DVD and have it presented to you on your local machine?
>
>     I *seriously* doubt that's possible.  Unless there's some script
>     that automates the "ssh pmount" and tells /etc/exports about the new fs.

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