On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:17:22 -0400, Bob Chiodini wrote > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 11:22, Wolfgang wrote: > > > Also, the other confusing thing is that, it's suggested to setup the > > /etc/exports file as such:- (or use nfs server config tool) > > > > /name_of_directory 192.168.0.3(rw,no_root_squash) > > > > The mount it on the client as:- > > > > mount 192.168.0.4:/name_of_directory/ /mount_point > > > > The above configuration and mount setup, doesn't make sense. If the > > server address is x.x.x.3 and it's mounted as x.x.x.4! It's not > > possible, from what I can see here. > > > > Any other ideas/help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Wolf > > Wolf, > > Shouldn't it be the other way around: > > /etc/exports file as such: > > Server at 192.168.0.3 > > /name_of_directory 192.168.0.4(rw,no_root_squash) > > client at 192.168.0.4 > > mount 192.168.0.3:/name_of_directory/ /mount_point > > Bob... Ok, so basically what it is saying is that, the client at 192.168.0.4 can access the shared direectory that's listed in the /etc/exports folder on the server on 192.168.0.3. Now it makes more sense. Thanks for clearing that up. Wolf -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
