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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faster way to mount a remote file system than sshfs?
I have been using sshfs to work remotely, but it is really slow and annoying, particularly when I use eclipse on it.
Is there any faster way to mount the remote file system locally? My no.1 priority ...
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How do I mount an NFS share in Windows 8?
I have a NAS that I'd like to mount over NFS. It works great on my Mac, but I cannot figure out how to mount this device on Windows 8.
I've searched a bit online, but all the articles seem to apply ...
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User ID mapping with NFS on Synology NAS
I have a Synology NAS box (running DSM 5.1), and I've exported a directory via NFS. I'm attempting to mount it on my Ubuntu box.
It mostly works fine, but I'm having issues with user and group ...
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How to (cleanly) dismount sshfs when mounted on a NFS mount point?
My coworker has a desktop computer with /home shared on our file server. I have developed a Perl script for sshfs-mounting a certain directory on another SSH host which works fine on my laptop.
On ...
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How to access NFS share from Windows 7 pro?
Everywhere I see Windows and NFS, there is a mention of some kind of subsystem of unix apps or something like this, but apparently it's not in Windows 7 pro.
So the question is: what can I do to get ...
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Can I password protect an NFS share?
I have two machines on a local network (Ubuntu 11.04). I created an NFS server on machine A. The other machine B receives its IP through DHCP.
I want to know if IP is the only way to allow or deny ...
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Should I replace sshfs with NFS? [closed]
I have a server at home accesible via local WIFI. I also have several laptops. I share folders in the server using sshfs due to its ease-of-use. But sometimes I notice lots of connections issues with ...
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What are the difference between nfs over ssh and sshfs?
I’m looking for a solution to mount an folder from my homeserver (linux) over the internet. The Data should be encrypted, so that nobody could read my file content or any metadata.
I have found ...
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Mount Mac OSX server NFS from Linux <krb5> LDAP?
I'm trying to mount an NFS share from Fedora 16. The server is Mac OS X Server, set up by my coworker. I believe it requires Kerberos/LDAP authentication, so I would start the (probably arduous) ...
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NFS Mount not showing in Windows Explorer
Ok. After several hours of searching Google, I can not find exactly what I need.
After mounting an Ubuntu NFS share in Windows 7 via command line, it says it mounts successively. I know it was ...
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Copy remote files on nfs without round-trip
I have a large amout of data (several GB) on a remote drive, that is transparently mounted via nfs. I'd like to copy these files into a subdirectory of where they are already residing, so everything ...
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How to map user IDs on an NFS share?
I have succesfully mounted an NFS share from my remote machine to my local. However, the files I want to edit on the remote machine are all owned by root.
How can I mount my NFS drive so that my local ...
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Export NFS path containing "-" (dash)
I'm in a bit of a pinch with NFS exports file.
Specifically, I can't find a way to export a directory containing "-" in the path name.
Manual (exports(5)) states:
Also, each line may have one or ...
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How do you declare a bind mount in NixOS?
I'm trying to declare a bind mount in my NixOS configuration. I'm trying the configuration snippet below, but it sends the OS into recovery mode when I test it out (using nixos-rebuild test). To be ...
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“ls” shows no files in mounted NFS folder, but “cd” works
An NFS share was mounted to /vol/mynfs on a Linux client. It does not show any folders with ls and bash completion does not work in /vol/mynfs too. But after changing to a subdirectory all files are ...
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