Re: Problem setting up NFS on Ubuntu

In message <lh7o73-8jc.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.setup Alan Adams <alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> In comp.os.linux.setup Alan Adams <alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> > Alan Adams <alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> [ exporting vfat via NSF? ]
>
> [ permission/ownership problems on vfat ]
>
> >> Those are forced/faked while mounting from the kernel, see 'man
> >> mount' for vfat mount options. In general it's a rather bad idea
> >> exporting vfat via NFS, it's not designed for multiuser systems
> >> and the outcome might not be as expected. Hopefully you have a
> >> good backup?
>
> > Thank you. This is the backup. The idea is to use this as a backup server,
> > for a PC and a RISC OS system. Since I am very new to Linux, and have
> > forgotten most of the litle I knew about commercial Unix, I used FAT32 so I
> > could set it up initially using Windows, and revert to that in emergency.
> > This system boots Ubuntu, Win98 and WinXP.
>
> > I have managed to get the share r/w now, by putting uid, gid and umask
> > options in fstab.
>
> Again it's not recommended to export vfat via nfs, put ext3 or
> alike on the FS and use samba to export it to doze clients.
>
> > I have also discovered how to login to the gui as root, which helps
> > enormously.
>
> Please *don't!* This is completely unneeded, this is a multi-user
> system not doze, you can use sudo/su from the next xterm to do
> what you need to do as root, but please never ever login as root
> via X.

OK maybe I missed something, but that way I have to use command line tools,
whereas using X I can use a sensible editor.

vi is possible the single most important reason why I've avoided Unix as
long as possible.

What's wrong with using the graphical tools, apart from the fact that it
isn't geeky enough?

>
> > Depending on the results of some tests, I might try samba rather than nfs,
> > which should make windows client access easier, and does work also from RISC
> > OS. I tried samba a while ago, and couldn't get it to work, but I have
> > learnt a bit more since then.
>
> Indeed, I'd highly recommend using samba.

OK, I can now log in to samba using RISC OS, but not from windows. Ironic
maybe, but also annoying. Among the things I changed was allowing plaintext
passwords, as I think that is what was stopping RISC OS. However Windows
wasn't working before. I get "Workgroup is not accessible... (bit about
permissions). The account is not authorised to log in from this station."
Both machines should be in Workgroup.


I can live with this if I have to, but it would be nice to get things
working.

>
> Good luck
>

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Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.nckc.org.uk/
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