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Can "File History" be backed up to an NFS-share?
My Windows 11 desktop mounts this particular filesystem using NFS -- it is not available as a Windows share -- as drive N:.
When I specify N:\MyBackups as the destination in the "File History&...
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Optimizing NFS share for many small files
I'm attempting to setup a file share system for a system where users are given access to ephemeral virtual machines to work on projects that read/write a large amount of small files. For example, a ...
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Why is NFS a lot slower than Samba in this case and can we make it faster?
I can't change much about the general setup, but try to do the best working with it:
General Setup
A .mdb backend Microsoft Access, for VBA, is placed on a computer. Other computers access that ...
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Can't open a mount point folder which is within a NFS share
I have a raspberry pi. I have shared the /home/pi/ folder via NFS like this:
contents of /etc/exports
/home/pi *(rw,all_squash,insecure,async,no_subtree_check,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000)
From ...
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NFS mount based on user
I have a linux station (ubuntu 20.04) and I have a mountpoint /share (that is currently mounted as CIFS but I could also use NFS if needed).
I’d like that two different users with local accounts, ...
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Is there a way to create a multipart archive in multiple sessions?
I have a remote machine, where the space is very limited (~15GB free)
I have an NFS share mounted on this VM, the size of the share is ~600GBs.
The NFS share has lightning-fast access from this ...
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How to set different UID and GID for each NFS folder in Windows 10
I have two NFS servers running Ubuntu (server0, server1). My client is on Windows 10. The Unix accounts for this client on each servers have different UID and GID, it is something like 1002,1002 on ...
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NFS client creates file with incorrect permission on the Linux server
I have a Linux server with a NFS share. User1 and Group1 have rwx permissions to the folder. When I create a file on the Linux host as user1, it has the correct permissions. On the Windows machine, I ...
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Which versions of Windows have NFS clients?
Which versions of Windows currently support mounting of Network File System (NFS) shares without the installation of 3rd party software?
I know that Windows 10 Enterprise editions have always had an ...
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Stale file handle on user mounted fstab defined share
I have a file server with a NFS server running. /etc/exports contains this line for the share:
/mnt/datastorev2/data/<username> 192.168.20.*(rw,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) 192.168.22.*(rw,...
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How to share a directory on a Linux machine to a Windows machine via NFS?
What are the full steps one needs to do to mount a directory from a Linux machine as a network drive on a Windows machine via NFS?
Incomplete answer:
Linux side:
Install the NFS server and ...
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How to share a folder on a computer behind a router to nodes outside the router?
I want to share a folder on a computer X to several other nodes, say A, B, C, which are on the same LAN. X is behind a router, and the router's IP address might change over the time (it's DHCP-...
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showmount -e nfs_server_hostname does not show all the available mounts for a client, but why?
NFS_Server is a DataDomain
Client is RHEL 7.3
I run a below command to show available NFS shared for my client system from NFS_server, however, I do not see all the share available to mount.
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What's the procedure of decompressing one large file in remote servers?
I've mounted a net drive into my local computer and there are several large compressed files (e.g., ~100Gb) stored in this net drive. If I decompress the file using WinRAR, it seems the decompressing ...
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Can I force NFS clients to map all user/groups to "nobody" on shared files?
I have just successfully set up a NFS client and server. I have just been surprised by NFS's willingness to handle UIDs unchanged between the client and server.
For example, suppose these user names/...
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Connecting to NFS Share with Windows 10
I'm using Windows 10 Pro and am trying to connect to my Linux NFS Share. I have enabled NFS Services, but when executing the mount command I get the following error message (in German):
FEHLER - ...
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Add-WindowsFeature FS-NFS-Services "the name was not found"
I have a fresh installation of Windows Server 2012 and need to create a NFS share.
Using these instructions:
PS C:\> Import-Module ServerManager
this works ok - I'm returned to the prompt.
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Accessing Linux NFS Shares using Windows Explorer
I have a Linux Machine (CentOS 6.4) using which I exported a NFS Share.
I'm pretty sure that this is an NFS Share since I
Created an entry in /etc/exports
Ran the command exportfs -avr
Now when I ...
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Is it possible to share files over multiple protocols?
If you have a (linux) server, is it possible to share certain files and folders using more than one protocol?
For example, sharing a file over SMB and NFS.
If it is possible, is this recommended?
Or ...
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Mac OS X & Linux: mount_nfs: can't access /nfs: Permission denied
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 NFS server and I have an iMac NFS client running OS X 10.6.8. I believe I have everything set up properly, yet I still get this error on the Mac:
mount_nfs: can't access /nfs: ...
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Install Microsoft SUA in Windows 8 Pro
Is there a way to install Microsoft Subsystem for UNIX Applications in Windows 8 Pro (I know it is included in W8 Enterprise). I need to mount NFS shares and would rather not rely on 3rd party ...
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I/O fails to nfs mount (occasionally) - server timed out
I have a Linux-based fileserver (ark) which exports a raid volume over nfs4.
Sometimes when doing large copy operations, it will time out.
[nathan@ebisu /mnt/extra/disk] rsync -a --progress . /mnt/...
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NFS Network path not found
I did setup a nfs share on my debian 7 server and been trying to mount it on a windows 7 machine.
I've tried the following:
C:\Users\David>mount \\192.168.178.240\backups Y:
Network Error - 53
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NFS shares on OS X
I am trying to connect the NFS version 4 share on my Mac OS X 10.7 with no success:
$ pwd
/Volumes
$ mkdir NFS
$ sudo mount_nfs -o resvport,vers=4 192.168.0.1:/var/teterevkov /Volumes/NFS
mount_nfs: ...
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Setting up a file share for a lab of Windows PCs with Samba or NFS
I am trying to setup a "shared drive" for our lab on a university campus. I installed Debian on a spare PC we have here and the "clients" are all using Windows 7 Professional.
Ideally, they all want ...
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mount Command Works, but fstab Version Fails - Samba Issue
I can mount a share with this command:
sudo mount -o username=user,password=pass //192.168.5.227/share /mnt/share
And in my fstab I have this line:
//192.168.5.227/share /mnt/share cifs credentials=...
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NFS won't allow access to mounted media
I'll explain it here, but I have this problem, for which the solution that user received doesn't fix my problem satisfactorily (sshfs)
The problem is that I would like to share my /media folder over ...
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CIFS (Windows Share) or NFS for Windows directory share
I have a (Virtualized) Linux server which I'd like to backup regularly. The rest of our environment is Microsoft and our backup solution (ArchiveIQ) runs only on Windows - there are no Linux clients.
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Providing permission to specific user to access NFS share
I have two machines between which I need to share a folder.
On server1, I have the user 'appuser' that needs to access (read/write/delete) on this share.
On server2, 'root' accesses this share and ...
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Connecting one Linux host's filesystem to the other in a way that tolerates network interruptions
I have two Linux hosts (both running Ubuntu 10.04) and I want one of them to have access to part of the filesystem of the other. I.e. I want remote1 to be able to access the files of remote2:/home/...
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How to use Client for NFS on Windows Vista?
I've installed "Client for NFS" on my 32-bit Windows Vista Ultimate. However, I can't find it in the start menu, and can't find any documentation on how to use it.
How do I connect to a NFS share ...
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Using Full Access NFS Shares
I am currently trying to set up a small network in which my first computer has a NFS share going to three other computers. I have been able to set up this share correctly, however I am having problems ...
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