Questions tagged [nfs]
Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984, allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a network in a manner similar to how local storage is accessed.
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How to mount NFS export on Mac OS X?
I have FreeBSD (test.local) box configured as NFS server. And I'm trying to mount its NFS sharing form my mac (hhmm.local)
/nfs hhmm.local
/nfs has 777 permission.
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How to get NFS Server on Windows 10?
Although NFS Client/Server exist on Windows Server versions.
I'm using Windows 10 Pro, and there's just the NFS Client available.
How can I get this NFS Server (provided by Microsoft) in Windows 10 ...
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NFS mount fails, permission denied, no export entry
I have a problem mounting a NFS share that I can't solve that is driving me nuts. This is the situation:
Three machines involved:
Host A: mandrake, IP 192.168.1.4, NFS server
Host B: athlon64, IP 192....
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How to set identity for Windows client for NFS without identity server?
I am using the Windows 7 NFS client to access a Fedora FC 11 NFS Server. The identity presented by Windows NFS Client to the NFS server can only be set in AD or if running a special identity server ...
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Alternative to NFS or better configuration - instable network, simple to set up
We are currently using NFSv4 for file sharing in a small office.
Unfortunately the network is not very stable and it seems to have huge impact on the Ubuntu clients if the network is gone: The whole ...
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How to disable zsh tab completion for NFS dirs?
I use zsh and its tab completion. When I accidentally hit tab in a (slow) NFS dir, zsh takes way too long. Even worse, if the NFS is down, and I hit /mnt/[tab], my whole shell locks up.
How can I ...
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How can I have two files with the same name in a directory when mounted with NFS?
I have a C++ application test that creates 10,000 files in an NFS mounted directory, but my test recently failed once due to one file appearing twice with the same name in that directory with all the ...
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Making an NFS mount on the host visible and read-write inside Docker container
I am new to Docker and I want to use it to get a controlled compilation environment for my code.
I already have a Docker image with all the tools I need. My problem at the moment is as follows:
I ...
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Which network file systems do not implement locking correctly?
As a common cause for file corruption, documentation often cites as cause "NFS that doesn't implement file-level locking correctly" or something similar, e.g., for SQLite:
How to corrupt an ...
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How to configure permissions for linux NFSv4 client with Synology NAS?
I have an established Linux server (Ubuntu 12.04) and a new Synology NAS and am having trouble getting correct NFS user permissions on the mountpoint.
The server also mounts an NFS export from ...
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Non-root users cannot access NFS mounted directory
I have a Synology NAS sharing a "MEDIA" folder by NFS.
I would like to access this folder from my Plex Media Server (running on Debian).
I added this line to the /etc/fstab file:
nas.lan:/volume2/...
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How to determine whether a directory is on an NFS mounted drive?
How can I determine whether a given directory on a Linux machine is from an NFS mounted drive or not?
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How to mount an NFS share on WSL2?
How can I mount an NFS share from WSL2 on Windows 10?
sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.1.101:/mnt/tank /mnt/tank
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mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking.
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NFS & Lion connection is not working
I am a web developer and I'm trying to establish a workflow between OSX Lion ( Design + Development ), Parallels + Ubuntu preproduction server.
I am trying to create a connection to share files ( ...
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Aliasing NFS export path
Is there a way to define an alias for a NFS-exported directory directly inside /etc/exports (without using a symlink)?
For example, I want to access this export
/home/username/nfsdir 192.168.0.100(...
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