mounting NFS shares

[Kim Briggs]

On 1/6/06, Colin Brace <colin.brace at gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I mount an NFS share in Ubuntu? I have tried following the
> instructions here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NFSClientHowTo
> to no avail; I don't see the remote share under /net. Neither does the
> "Connect to server" command under the Places menu offer NFS as a "service
> type". Thanks.
> --

Re:  Experience with mounting NFS shares using Ubuntu linux 5.04 and 5.10

If you are fairly new to linux, I believe the NFS service, which works
seemlessly, can be confusing mostly in terms of permissions.  I have
also followed directions in various places and not always had it work.
(NIS, LDAP, ...?)

Background:  There are NFS mounts available on a home network with
fixed IP addresses.  The NFS server is running Suse linux 9.3 and has
a forced user/group for everybody who accesses it.  It allows
anonymous users from the other IPs in my network.  For a home network
behind a firewall with no sensitive data on it, it may be acceptable
to some.

I thought I remembered reading that NFS support was supplied with the
linux kernel in most cases, so I tried using the mount command
directly:

sudo mount 192.168.9.10:/home/ubluestone/public_html
	/home/ushrub/website   -o rw

This originally worked, but took about 5 mins to complete.  I
installed the NFS package nfs-kernel-server and nfs-common using
Synaptic.  The command then completed instantly.  I'm very curious why
it worked at all to  begin with or, since it worked, why it took so
long...anybody?

I put the 4 or 5 mount commands I need in a shell script and execute
it once per day when I start up the computer.  Not very convenient,
but I've also read that if mounts aren't available at boot systems can
hang??  This is only a home network and the method works well for me.

HTH,
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