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I am running slackware on a host machine running debian as a guest OS in vmware. I am trying to access my download folder so that I can install basic software without having to download it again in the guest OS!
As per the instructions in the slackbook I have added the following line to /etc/exports:
/home/jon23d/download 192.168.254.130(ro)
The IP listed is the ip of the guest OS. I have tried using other option combinations as well, but none of them seem to be helping! I would like to be able to let any of my guest OSs access this folder without having to change the UID or GID of the guest OS user.
I have added the following line to /etc/fstab in debian:
Thanks for the replies. I'd really like to figure out how to use NFS, who knows when it could come in handy. Am I correct in assuming that it is the standard way of hooking several linux boxes together?
I am still unable to connect, I have tried to do so on several different guest systems. If I am doing everything right then I wonder if it has something to do with the guest OS. When I enter the mount command I just get a blank line and sit there till I kill it...
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