Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 15:49 +0200, Frank-Michael Fischer wrote: > >> Aaron Konstam wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 10:58 +0200, Frank-Michael Fischer wrote: >>> >>> >>>> When opening the Network - File Browser it shows the windows network >>>> only (samba), no NFS related info. Also when going to "Places -> Connect >>>> to Server" I could not find a way to make nfs servers visible. >>>> Is this not intended in FC5 or am I missing a package here or how can I >>>> mount nfs shares without manually editing fstab or issueing mount >>>> commands as root? >>>> >>>> Thanks for advice! >>>> >>>> FMF >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> As others have suggested you seem to be confusing nfs with other sharing >>> technologies. I know of no way under fedora to detect NFS servers. And >>> mounting NFS shares requires a mount command of some sort either in >>> fstab or on the command line. >>> >>> >> Here is the text from "System -> Help": >> >> To Access Network Places >> >> If your system is configured to access places on a network, you can >> use the file manager to access the network places. >> >> To access network places, open the file manager and choose Places → >> Network Servers. A window opens that displays the network places >> that you can access. Double-click on the network that you want to >> access. >> >> To access UNIX shares, double-click on the Unix Network (NFS) >> object. A list of the UNIX shares available to you is displayed in >> the file manager window. >> >> To access Windows shares, double-click on the Windows Network (SMB) >> object. A list of the Windows shares available to you is displayed >> in the file manager window. >> >> I am just asking how will I get the Unix Network (NFS) object showing in >> the file manager? Because only the Windows Network (SMB) object shows. >> >> Actually there are also only two ways to access an SMB share: through >> "mount -t cifs" or (poor man's version) "smbclient". So how comes I can >> see the SMB shares in file manager without having an fstab entry or >> issuing a "mount"? >> >> "showmount -e little" would give you e.g. the following list on my test >> system: >> >> Export list for little: >> /home * >> /srv/install * >> >> Therefore one could have an automatic discovery of available shares (and >> other Linuxes have that). The documentations suggests we have it in FC5, >> so how can we make it work? >> >> FMF >> > That might be what the Help system says but how do you do what it is > describing. What application is the file manager. You can open the file > browser but Places does not give me Network Servers, On the other hand > you can go under file and ask to connect and it shows you servers you > can connect to but NFS Servers are not among them. > > Where have I gone wrong? > Nautilus File Manager is the chapter in "Help" from where I took the quote. Gordon explained that the help docs are wrong, the support for NFS network places has been dropped in "gnome-vfs2". So it does not function in FC5. Despite the fact that "/usr/sbin/rpcinfo -b mountd 1" will show you all the NFS hosts. Thus it wouldn't be a problem to provide such function. You did not go at all wrong, you were right to say: "I know of no way under fedora to detect NFS servers." "/usr/sbin/rpcinfo -b mountd 1" is the way. FMF
