NFS SERVER SETUP

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NFS Server Setup

• NFS SERVER SETUP

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Network File Service
NFS Server Setup

• Allows to share Directories between UNIX Systems
• Daemons netfs, nfs, nfslock (also uses portmap
  and rpc service)

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NFS Server Configuration
NFS Server Setup

• Exported File System(s) are defined in
  Configuration File /etc/exports
• /data 172.31.0.0/16 (ro)
• /www acb.sidbi.org

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NFS Client Configuration
NFS Server Setup

• Configuration File /etc/fstab
• server1/data /users/data nfs defaults 0 0
• mount server1/data /users/data
• (Note The mount point must exist before
  /etc/fstab is read or the
• filesystem is manually mounted)

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NFS Troubleshooting
NIS Server Setup

• Use exportfs command to find and verify which
  areas are exported by the server
• Use mount command to find and verify which areas
  are mounted by the client

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Samba Server Setup

• SAMBA SERVER SETUP

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Samba Service
Samba Server Setup

• File and Printer Sharing from UNIX to Windows
• Uses smb Daemon
• service smb start/stop/restart

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Samba Server Configuration
Samba Server Setup

• Use GUI Applications ? Server Settings ? Services
  ? SMB
• Configuration File /etc/samba/smb.conf
• Configuring File and Directory Sharing
• share_name
• comment Fred's Home Directory
• path /home/fred
• valid users fred
• public no
• writable yes
• printable no

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Samba Server Configuration
Samba Server Setup

• Configuring Printer Sharing
• printer_share_name
• comment Fred's Printer
• valid users fred
• path /var/spool/samba
• printer freds_printer
• public no
• writable no
• printable yes

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Authentication Methods
Samba Server Setup

• Use local username/password (stored in
  /etc/samba/smbpasswd)
• To add a local user smbpasswd a fred (fred
  should be a user in /etc/passwd)

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Samba Client Configuration
Samba Server Setup

• Share the Samba Directory on Windows machine
• Share the Samba Filesystem on Unix machine by
  specifying in /etc/fstab
• server1/smbdata /users/smbdata smbfs defaults 0
  0
• or use
• smbmount //server1/smbdata /users/smbdata o
  usernamefred