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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Wed, 21 May 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>
> NFS is probably the most convenient.  It enables you to
> mount a remote server on your directory tree and copy/
> save/delete/execute just like an ordinary sub-directory.
> No dedicated client is required.  The mount command in
> BasicLinux is able to do this.  All you need is an NFS
> server running on the remote system.  It is part of the
> tcpip1.tgz package (n6).
>
I've tried to start by mounting my gateway via nfs on my BL2 machine.  I
get the same error Constant was getting, but I know nfs is running on the
gateway (much newer and faster machine with a new Debian variant with the
works on it).  I'm guessing maybe I don't have a hosts file or something
configured correctly, or maybe nfs has some security hurdles that need to
be lowered.  I should start by asking how nfs connects a network address
with the name that appears in fstab?  Any other hints (e.g., is there an
nfs config file?) on troubleshooting the problem would be appreciated.

James