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Old 11-08-2001, 02:35 PM   #1
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Question how to connect two linux machines for file sharing?


I have two linux boxes I would like to connect for file sharing. What's the best solution? Presently they are connected to a router and have an ip address. They can also ping each other.

I would like the setup to look like the 'network neighborhood' in windows where on machine sees the shares of other, and vice versa.

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Old 11-08-2001, 02:42 PM   #2
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NFS is the easiest way I think. I just set it up last a night between to machines running slackware linux. Look at the how-tos on www.linuxdocs.org or use what i used the slackware manual at www.slackware.com.
 
Old 11-08-2001, 02:45 PM   #3
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I read the docs and followed them until the end. The nfs still doesn't start. I am not sure if my kernel has NFS support built in. How to find that out? I am running RH7.1. with kernel 2.4.2-2

According to the docs, I just need to edit the /etc/exports file, add a new entry to it, and then restart the machine. I followed these steps but the 'rpcinfo -p' doesn't yet show nfs as running.

I tried trouble shooting too, but not successful so far.

(truevoice, thanks for the links).

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Old 11-08-2001, 08:15 PM   #4
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do u have the appropriate services running. from what im reading right now these services must be running for nfs to work...

portmap
nfsd
mountd

these are all automatically running from the get go on slackware 8, im not sure bout red hat
 
Old 11-08-2001, 08:21 PM   #5
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I used the documented 'rpcinfo -p' to find out if all the services were running. They don't see to be. Only the portmapper and status are running. There is not trace of nfsd. And I have no clue about how to run those on Redhat, either manually or automatically.
The documentation says that once you have the /etc/exports file, the next reboot will cause the nfsd and otherr elated deamons to run aotumatically. But, that's not happening.
 
Old 11-08-2001, 09:50 PM   #6
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im really not sure off the top of my head. i got the red hat unleashed book at home. ill look tonight and see what it says, unless someone else posts how 1st
 
  


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