Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1. The nfs-utils rpm is still not being installed, even though > > > nfs-utils-clients is. > > > > Sounds normal since one is for server us, the other for client > > use. > > Oh dear, this is NOT true. nfs-utils contains all the nfs utils which > includes > exportfs. Without exportfs you cannot set up either a client or a > server for > networking. exportfs is a necessary utility for any networked PC. It > makes the > "shares" (nominated directories) as specified manually by the user in > /etc/exports available to specific peer and server machines on the > network.
Well, AFAIK, ee don't even need nfs-utils-clients for NFS mount. "mount -o nolock server:/directory /mnt/where" is enough when you don't have portmap here. I'm not convinced "exportfs" is needed at all for client operation... The man reports "exportfs - maintain list of NFS exported file systems". It also says: The exportfs command is used to maintain the current table of exported file systems for NFS. This list is kept in a separate file named /var/lib/nfs/xtab which is read by mountd when a remote host requests access to mount a file tree, and parts of the list which are active are kept in the kernel's export table. Etc... Why do you say the opposite? Any fact/anything? -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/
