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An NFS server is a daemon that allows other computers to mount filesystems on your computer. This is useful in many circumstances, such as running a diskless workstation, or setting up a unified login system across a network.
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How do you you check status of nfs server from a client system?
using showmount -e "nfs server name" command , can check status of nfs server.
What activities are performed for network clients by a windows server 2008?
nfs server
Why is the NFS option grayed out on the Share Protocols page?
Because it is not installed on the server
Which file can a NFS client edit in order to pre-configure NFS server shares?
/etc/fstab (static mounts) /etc/auto.master (dynamic mounts)
Which file can a NFS client edit in order to pre configure nfs server shares?
/etc/fstab (static mounts) /etc/auto.master (dynamic mounts)
Describe how is Samba's handling of users differs from that of NFS?
NFS directory hierarchies are mounted by root and NFS maps users on the client to usres on the server. A Samba share is mounted by a nonroot user an all accesses to that share occurs as in that user's name.
How do you mount a drive in Unix?
In order to mount a drive, if it is a network drive, you must have an NFS server installed and an NFS client on the machine you wish to mount the directory for. The NFS server will export the file system to the network, and the NFS client machine will mount it. To mount it on a client machine, create or use an empty directory. Then, using the 'mount' command, indicate the server name and directory on the server and the mount point of the client. For example: mount tarzan:/opt/testing/data /mnt Will mount a directory from the 'tarzan' server called /opt/testing/data under the /mnt directory of the client. So when a client looks at /mnt, they are really looking at /opt/testing/data on the server.
What windows server 2008 services helps support UNIX-based clients?
NFS protocol
What Linux server process needed to permit user settings and project files abailable to users?
With NFS and/or Samba.
What are the disadvantages of file systems?
1)Limited Security 2)limited Data Sharing 3)Data Redundancy 4)Integrity Problems
How you can configure the file server?
For creating file servers on network try out NFS and for user authentication you acan try NIS.
What entry would you place in etc fstab to mount the above export by a server named nfsserv and the mount point is mnt nfs?
mount nfsserv:/mnt /nfs here you all go see you in class tonight $
