setting up a [NFS] server

[Lars Lykke]

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 19:19:29 -0500, Bilal Osman wrote:

> All of system are connected through a HUB, and I can ping the server on the
> client side and vise versa, I need to know what services I need to have
> running

You need to have some kind of nfs server (nfsd) running on your server and
then mount the nfs directories from your clients.
, what configuration files I need to be working with both the server
Have a look at /etc/exports. This file sets which directories and under
what privileges that you can share.

> and the client side

The file your looking for here is /etc/fstab. This file contains all the
directories mounted when running the command mount -a.
, I tried to search the Net for HOWTO documents, but I

> have been successful on getting any documents that shows me some what of a
> step by step instruction on how to go about this.

Getting nfs up and running isn't that linux flavor specific. You should be
able to use any guide for any linux flavor (red hat, debian, mandrake,
etc).
Try taking a look at
this:[url]http://ldp.us.themoes.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html[/url]

/Lars

[Bilal Osman]

Hello Every Body,

Here is what I'm trying to do, I'm trying to build a Network of 4 computers,
1 server [NFS] and 3 clients, like I said before I pretty new to Linux, I
managed to install Linux [redhat 8] on all the Systems, now I trying to
network these system together. The Problem is that I not sure where to
start, I know in windows for example you create a domain and create accounts
under the down for user that are trying to authenticate to this server. now
the ultimate goal is once I'm done is to authenticate to the server so I can
use shared files on the server.

All of system are connected through a HUB, and I can ping the server on the
client side and vise versa, I need to know what services I need to have
running, what configuration files I need to be working with both the server
and the client side, I tried to search the Net for HOWTO documents, but I
have been successful on getting any documents that shows me some what of a
step by step instruction on how to go about this.

any help on where to start is greatly appreciated :)
Thanks