NFS Question on mounting

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On Wednesday 17 October 2007 10:27:36 Nigel Ridley wrote:

>
> This is my fstab entry:
> #nfs entry for access to nigels_box
> 192.168.0.*:/home/nigel /mnt/Home	nfs noauto,rw,user,hard,intr	0 0
> (all on one line from 192.168.0.*)
> NB: The * is just to mask my static ip address (and also below)
>
> I remember that there is something in NFS that doesn't allow root
> connections - I always connect as a regular user.
>
> Don't forget you need to have entries in /etc/exports; /etc/hosts and
> /etc/hosts.allow on the server:
> /etc/exports:
> /home/nigel	192.168.0.*(sync,rw,root_squash)
> /etc/hosts:
> 192.168.0.*	laptop.family.net	laptop
>
> /etc/hosts.allow:
> ALL:		192.168.0.*
> portmap:	192.168.0.*
> lockd:		192.168.0.*
> mountd:		192.168.0.*
> rquotad:	192.168.0.*
> statd:		192.168.0.*
>
> HTH
>
> Also man nfs
>
> Blessings,
>
> Nigel
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You have pointed out some things I do not remember doing, the last time I had 
to set this up.  Thank you, very much. :)  I'll look into this.

...Yogich