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**oshunluvr** · Nov 05, 2024, 11:04 AM

Q1: NFS

Q2: Because you likely don't have it installed or you're looking at it incorrectly. The SAMBA service is called "smdb". But you don't need the server installed on a client machine. You need only have "smbclient" to access SAMBA shares. If you have everything needed for SAMBA already installed, you should probably be looking at your SAMBA configuration. To check if the SAMBA service is running on the server, use "systemctl status smdb". If you get "not found", it's not installed properly.

Q3: There is no such package called "samba". SAMBA is a protocal, not a package. There are several packages with samba in the name:

Code:

stuart@office:~$ apt-cache search samba
libnss-winbind - Samba nameservice integration plugins
libwbclient-dev - Samba winbind client library - development files
libwbclient0 - Samba winbind client library
nautilus-share - Nautilus extension to share folder using Samba
python3-samba - Python 3 bindings for Samba
samba - SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
samba-common - common files used by both the Samba server and client
samba-common-bin - Samba common files used by both the server and the client
samba-dev - tools for extending Samba
samba-dsdb-modules - Samba Directory Services Database
samba-libs - Samba core libraries
samba-vfs-modules - Samba Virtual FileSystem plugins
smbclient - command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix
argonaut-samba - Argonaut scripts to generate Samba share configurations
freeipa-client-samba - FreeIPA centralized identity framework -- Samba client
fusiondirectory-plugin-samba - samba3 plugin for FusionDirectory
fusiondirectory-plugin-samba-schema - LDAP schema for FusionDirectory samba plugin
gosa-plugin-samba - samba3 plugin for GOsa²
libcrypt-smbhash-perl - generate LM/NT hash of a password for samba
libfilesys-smbclient-perl - perl interface to access Samba filesystem
python3-smbc - Python 3 bindings for the Samba client library
samba-testsuite - test suite from Samba
sambamba - tools for working with SAM/BAM data
smb4k - Samba (SMB) share advanced browser
smbc - samba-commander - curses based samba network browser
smbldap-tools - Scripts to manage Unix and Samba accounts stored on LDAP
vlc-plugin-samba - Samba plugin for VLC
webmin - web-based administration interface for Unix systems
stuart@office:~$

**CharlieDaves** · Nov 06, 2024, 11:19 PM

Just trying to look at more information, about setup and hostnames....[HTML]https://askubuntu.com/questions/1526070/checking-why-an-nfs-mount-gives-an-error/1526224[/HTML]
I've set exports to
/srv/homes Mohad-Azarbar(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) Mohad-Badeel(ro,sync,no_subtree_check)
and the website referenced has....

/ 192.168.1.0/24(rw,nohide,secure,no_subtree_check,sync)

would the second be a worthy option to sort of share everything?
OR
Can I add my main /media/user342/ folder as a share and all the drives that appear here would appear as an exported share?

ALSO
Is there an NFS guide for dummies. I know I've tried this before and failed. I was forced to reformat the entire BOOT HDD.

**CharlieDaves** · Nov 06, 2024, 11:23 PM

Oh! Great....

Warning

The mount point directory /opt/example must exist. There should be no files or subdirectories in the /opt/example directory, else they will become inaccessible until the nfs filesystem is unmounted

I Is Confused. All I want to do is share current Drives, mounted and in use.... Please a simple How-to Guide

**claydoh** · Nov 07, 2024, 12:43 AM

kdenetwork-filesharing adds an SMB sharing option to a directory's properties via the right-click menu.
It has been hit or miss in the past, but might be useful in recent years.

I also recently found this very basic but functional little tool for NFS sharing - imo much better than SMB

https://github.com/Philippe734/Simple.NFS.GUI

**oshunluvr** · Nov 07, 2024, 06:35 AM

Originally posted by CharlieDaves View Post

Oh! Great....

Warning

The mount point directory /opt/example must exist. There should be no files or subdirectories in the /opt/example directory, else they will become inaccessible until the nfs filesystem is unmounted

I Is Confused. All I want to do is share current Drives, mounted and in use.... Please a simple How-to Guide

You can't mount to a non-existent directory. The error message seems clear enough. The warning at the end of the message is just informing you that if you choose to mount to a directory that contains existing files, they will be hidden while the mount is active. Again, seems clear enough.

Also, there's no way failing to set up NFS would create a need to reformat a file system. NFS is just a file sharing protocol. There had to be a whole lot of shenanigans between trying to set up NFS and needing to wipe a file system.

Try the tool claydoh pointed out - I hadn't been aware of that before.

IME, NFS is super easy to set up once you understand what you are doing. The relationship is "server < client". The server makes files available, the client finds them and accesses them.

The steps are:
On the server:
Install packages nfs-common and nfs-kernel-server.
Define exports (what to share). These are listed on the server in "/etc/exports". The file has examples in it.
Load the exports or restart NFS or reboot the server.

On the client:
Install nfs-common.
Define the mount(s) for the exports in /etc/fstab.

How you set up exports depends on what you want to share - many directories or just one? Every computer on the network or just one? All users can access the exports or just one?
You can define multiple exports individually or just share a directory with many directories in it and mount them individually.

My suggestion is to attempt to get a very basic export shared and mounted so you can see it works. Then do more research on fine tuning the exports and mounts to improve usability. The only complex thing about NFS is the literally dozens of export and mount options but don't get hung up on that now, just get a default set up working.

**CharlieDaves** · Nov 10, 2024, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by claydoh View Post

I also recently found this very basic but functional little tool for NFS sharing - imo much better than SMB

https://github.com/Philippe734/Simple.NFS.GUI

Yeah. I've tried this, but it doesn't work, locks up PC, and I don't see the radio buttons to make a selection.
Thanks anyhow. I think it was posted above/earlier

another question.... if Samba smb.conf holds the hostname and the workgroup, how does NFS work without samba?
Can I set a workgroup, if so how?
Can I set a servername or PC name, if so how?

Now, I've had a play with my modem/router and set pcname1, MAC, specificIP, for both pc's.

The other weird questions are what is written in the export file

Code:

# Example for NFSv2 and NFSv3:
# /srv/homes       hostname1(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) hostname2(ro,sync,no_subtree_check)
#
# Example for NFSv4:
# /srv/nfs4        gss/krb5i(rw,sync,fsid=0,crossmnt,no_subtree_check)
# /srv/nfs4/homes  gss/krb5i(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)

Do i assume I am using NFSv4 since it was created 2010.
Q- What the heck is gss/krb5i ?? What does this mean or point to, etc

Could someone please post their exports file
/etc/fstab file if they are using it

**CharlieDaves** · Nov 10, 2024, 09:54 PM

Quick Question. I was reading somewhere, not to sure how old the post was, but can you have 2pc's same network, both as clients?
OR
Does one have to be a server?

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