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Old 07-28-2003, 06:54 AM   #1
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Help me understand NFS


I'm still pretty new to this...is NFS used to just share directories on your box with other UNIX boxes?
 
Old 07-28-2003, 07:00 AM   #2
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yeah it's a unix only protocol generally, although there are windows clients like winaxe, which unsuprisingly cost a packet. to share with windows you'd typically use Samba.
 
Old 07-28-2003, 07:18 AM   #3
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Can you explain the "export" function? Does it really export the directory or does it just mount it like a share in Windows?
 
Old 07-28-2003, 08:42 AM   #4
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Exporting a filesystem makes it available for mounting on other systems.
 
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well yes it's the same as setting up a share in samba, but it's at a lower level so it needs less messing around with due to the existing security layers of linux.
 
  


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