Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-21 Thread hasufell
On 01/19/2014 05:46 PM, Chris Stankevitz wrote: Hi, Is it possible to mount an NFS share from XFCE4? I suspect the answer might have something to do with gvfs or fuse, neither of which I know anything about. Ideally after emerging or USEing I will have a Connect to server entry in my

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-20 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: That's how it is supposed to work. nfs is a Unix filesystem, it obeys Unix user and permissions (unlike say VFAT or smbfs where it has to fudge these things). NFS will mount the filesystem using whatever is set on

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 01/20/14 18:12, Chris Stankevitz wrote: On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: That's how it is supposed to work. nfs is a Unix filesystem, it obeys Unix user and permissions (unlike say VFAT or smbfs where it has to fudge these things). NFS will

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-20 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Most NFS servers in the real world are thus file shares and permit read-only access to all users. Alan, Thank you for explaining this in english for me. I am a bit blown away that it is taking me so long to figure

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 01/20/14 19:55, Chris Stankevitz wrote: On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Most NFS servers in the real world are thus file shares and permit read-only access to all users. Alan, Thank you for explaining this in english for me. I am a bit

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-20 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed. The original use-case for NFS is no longer relevant whereas the design for smb *is* what suits most folk. Alan, What can I say. Thank you for your explanation. You wrote exactly the words I needed to hear.

[gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-19 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Hi, Is it possible to mount an NFS share from XFCE4? I suspect the answer might have something to do with gvfs or fuse, neither of which I know anything about. Ideally after emerging or USEing I will have a Connect to server entry in my XFCE4 menu. If this is impossible, then I'd be ok with an

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 08:46:37 -0800, Chris Stankevitz wrote: If this is impossible, then I'd be ok with an approach that will allow a regular user to mount any network share with the mount command. Put the mount in /etc/fstab with the noauto and users or user options. -- Neil Bothwick Love

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-19 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: Put the mount in /etc/fstab with the noauto and users or user options. Neil, Thank you. I did this; however, as soon as I mount, the directory becomes owned by root and I cannot write to it. Please consider: jane

Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

2014-01-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 01/20/14 07:07, Chris Stankevitz wrote: On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: Put the mount in /etc/fstab with the noauto and users or user options. Neil, Thank you. I did this; however, as soon as I mount, the directory becomes owned by root and I