topic Re: NFS Sharing question in Operating System - HP-UX

NFS Sharing question

Chad T — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:23:10 GMT

I have a NFS host running HPUX 11.23. Is there a way, using NFS, to share out in my case, /usr/directoryname as a sharename? Example:

share /usr/sap as /sapmnt to NFS clients

Thank you in advance for you help.

Re: NFS Sharing question

Dennis Handly — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:27:44 GMT

You can share to other Unix/Linux clients.
You can export /usr/sap. And all of your clients can mount that as /sapmnt.

You might be able to do something like that for Windows.

Re: NFS Sharing question

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:51:49 GMT

Shalom,

Edit /etc/exports

Add the path and options, there should be examples in there.

exportfs -av

On 11.31 the file is /etc/dfs/dfstab but it works the same way.

SEP

Re: NFS Sharing question

Chad T — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:21:39 GMT

I am sorry...i left out that my NFS client is a Windows Machine. My problem is there is an install taking place on the windows box which requires access to my hpux host's /usr/sap directory. The problem is the app on the windows box requires a share of \\HPUX hostname\sapmnt (which is to point to /usr/sap). I know to edit the /etc/exports files but i am not sure the options (if any) to add so /usr/sap is exported as /sapmnt. THe man page does not help for this option.

I hope this all makes sense.

Re: NFS Sharing question

Dennis Handly — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:34:15 GMT

>I am not sure the options (if any) to add so /usr/sap is exported as /sapmnt. The man page does not help for this option.

That's because you need to look at the Windows side to see how to do NFS. Or look at Samba/CIFS to do the sharing.

Re: NFS Sharing question

Chad T — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:38:11 GMT

everything works if i export /usr/sap as far as accessing the files and directories from the windows client...my problem is this app we are installing requires a sapmnt share. i was trying to avoid installing SAMBA but it seems that is where i am going to end up.

THank you.

Re: NFS Sharing question

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:23:49 GMT

Shalom,

Windows does not ship with a NFS client.

This can be purchased and installed into windows.

Samba is not a terrible option though, it will get the job done and save money on Windows software.

SEP

Re: NFS Sharing question

Chad T — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:58:15 GMT

Actually the NFS client for windows is free...perhaps there was a cost at some point but it is now free. Anyhow...i think i am going to try Samba and see how that goes.

Thank you both for your comments.

Re: NFS Sharing question

Chad T — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:58:47 GMT

going to try samba

Re: NFS Sharing question

V. Nyga — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:46:44 GMT

Hi,

> everything works if i export /usr/sap as far as accessing
>the files and directories from the windows client...
>my problem is this app we are installing requires a sapmnt share.

So you have now a share /usr/sap ?

If that works, why donÂ´t you just link your /usr/sap to /sapmnt, then export /sapmnt ?

If Win doesnÂ´t recognize it as a 'share', then I believe you have go with samba.

V.

Re: NFS Sharing question

Chad T — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:50:47 GMT

Yeah...i tried creating a link to /usr/sap named /sapmnt...the problem with that is, it works but does not show any existing symbolic links within directories. Everything else shows up but not the links...and the links point to a directory within the /usr/sap.

Thank you for the input.

Re: NFS Sharing question

Dennis Handly — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:36:25 GMT

>but does not show any existing symbolic links within directories. Everything else shows up but not the links... and the links point to a directory within the /usr/sap.

Are you using relative or absolute symlinks? The former is better.

Re: NFS Sharing question

V. Nyga — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:45:23 GMT

Well, if you have a link to a directory that you donÂ´t have exported, then the symbolic link will not work ...

V.