Many companies are using open source Linux servers for DNS/DHCP servers and Web servers, but it is also possible to use Linux or UNIX as a file server. The Network File System has been around for many ...

I have this one little issue with my home 3-node PVE cluster. One node is the fileserver with a large zfs pool exported via NFS to the other 2 nodes. This node also happens to be the one that boots ...

Can someone here pleas explain how one configures Microsoft services for unix in regards to nfs. We have a linux nfs server already running on the network I assume all I need to do is add a nfs client ...

Microsoft has sponsored research at the University of Michigan to develop an open source Network File System client for Windows. Michigan's Center for Information Technology Integration also developed ...

SMB (Server Message Block) is a network protocol that is used to share access to files, printers and serial ports between a Linux or Unix computer and a Windows computer. NFS (Network File System) is ...

I hadn’t seen a stale NFS file handle for more than a decade, so this mount error surprised me. fermion:/ # mount boson:/cdrom/studio_9_solsparc /studio_9_solsparc ...

If you have two or more machines, you may wish to share disk space or devices, such as a CD drive, between machines. For this there is network filesystem (NFS), the easiest way of sharing files and ...

Vincent Danen takes you through the steps to set up Kerberos authentication on NFSv4 for more secure remote access to the server. In past tips we’ve looked at using Kerberos and how to authenticate ...

Solaris and other SVR4 versions of Unix provide file sharing through NFS and the /etc/dfs/dfstab file. The syntax of this particular file permits you to restrict file system sharing to a limited ...

If thinking of NFS v4 puts a bad taste in your mouth, you are not alone. Or wrong. NFS v4.0 and v4.1 have had some valid, well-documented growing pains that include limited bandwidth and scalability.