NFS

[Davina Fogle]

What is the command to make a unix filesystem available to a NT server using NFS?

[Mel Burslan]

there is no such command under unix so to speak. You need to install a product called CIFS or with its more commonly known name SAMBA which is free from hp.

[Davina Fogle]

So there is no way to export a UNIX file to a NT server using NFS?

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Davina,

You need to add the directory you wish to export into the /etc/exports file & then run
/usr/sbin/exportfs -a

man exports & exportfs for further details.

HTH,
Jeff

[Danny Webster]

Davina,

I believe there are a few NFS clients for Windows NT around, google should help.

If you find one, it's just a matter of entering that host, the shared partition/directory, and the options, into the /etc/exports file and running /usr/sbin/exportfs and then using the windows client to mount that share.

On the other hand, maybe SMB/Samba would be the best way to interoperate your Windows/Unix filesystems?

Dan.

[Steven E. Protter]

NT does not have a built in NFS client.

It does however have a built in Samba client.

So:

Install this on your server:
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8725AA

edit the smb.conf file set up your shares, run smbpasswd -a to get the users set up, restart samba

/sbin/init.d/samba stop
/sbin/init.d/samba start

This will let your NT browse and access based on Unix permissions.

You can get an NFS client for NT, but its expensive and provides no more functionality than Samba, which is free.

SEP

[iminus]

You cannot make a unix filesystem available to NT using NFS. If you want to use NFS for unix, modify the /etc/exports file to include the host and permission then do a "exportfs -a" command. If you want to do it for NT, probably need another software.

[Geoff Wild]

You can mount NFS on Windows - if you have the software...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;324055

as well as install "Microsoft Windows NT Services for UNIX Add-On Pack"

Another way is to install CIFS (Samba) and just map a drive to HP-UX from Windows...

http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8725AA

Rgds...Geoff

[Bharat Katkar]

I think CIFS/Samba would be the right thing to do. Go ahead and configure CIFS server and client.

All the best