Onsdag 27 december 2006 20:33 skrev Tim Erickson: > I'm looking to set up Suse 10.2 to share files between several > computers in my home via a wireless router. [Linksys WRT54GL] The > router is the connection to the internet btw. I would like to use NFS > but having never done so before I'm looking for some advice and/or > links to how-to files for SUSE. > Q: Do I need to have NIS server setup? The machines get their > addresses from the router's DHCP. Is this relevant? > > Q: Is there a special configuration I need to do within the router? VPN? > > Q; Is there a better way? Samba, iFolder? > > Thanks in advance, > > Tim
===================================================== In the absence of a NIS server, the UID and password of the current user on the NFS client must match a UID and password on the NFS server. (The purpose of NIS is to centralize authentication, to avoid the labor of manually matching UID's and passwords across systems.) (It saves me a lot of work, even on my small network, but may not be worth the setup effort for your needs) In the context of your LAN, the router only acts as a switch (ok, it's also a DHCP server), it's routing/firewall functions are not relevant. I would suggest using a static IP for the NFS server, and putting an entry in /etc/hosts on the client(s). NFS is the native file sharing protocol of *nix, just as Samba is based on the native file sharing protocol of Windows; IMHO using the native method of the OS will yield the best results, only use a non-native method when cross-platfrom compatibility is needed. Try a Google search for NFS howto; TLDP does a great job of explaning how to set this up. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
