(Eventually I decided not to use NFS. After a while spent trying different configurations and methods, I arrived at a solution that meets my needs. I learned a lot and received much valuable help here on these Forums)
I have been wanting to share a folder between two computers on my wired home network (which includes a wireless printer) and decided to use NFS to achieve this. I do not have any dealings with windows so as far as I can see I have no need for SAMBA.
The two PC's each have Kubuntu 14.04 installed and I followed a simple set of instructions at http://mostlylinux.wordpress.com/network/nfshowto to create the shared folder.
I called the shares /home/myname/thisfile and home/othername/thisfile and the link is via /home/myname/thisfile/linkfile and home/othername/thisfile/linkfile
The share works well, I followed the set up instructions to the letter and was pleased with the result, until I realised that if I turned one of the computers off it caused an undesirable effect on the computer still powered up.
What happens is that browsers and the Internet still work but Dolphin goes into an unresponsive state, files and directories will no longer open, the application is frozen. Restarting the computer restores everything into a workable state.
This means that if I shut down one pc the other has to be restarted to keep things working properly.
I have double checked the set up and tried dabbling with settings all to no avail. I suspect that some configuration is needed but I have no idea what or where. My attempts to Google for info about NFS have left me with brain-ache but little else. Can anyone help, I would like to make this a success story?
I have been wanting to share a folder between two computers on my wired home network (which includes a wireless printer) and decided to use NFS to achieve this. I do not have any dealings with windows so as far as I can see I have no need for SAMBA.
The two PC's each have Kubuntu 14.04 installed and I followed a simple set of instructions at http://mostlylinux.wordpress.com/network/nfshowto to create the shared folder.
I called the shares /home/myname/thisfile and home/othername/thisfile and the link is via /home/myname/thisfile/linkfile and home/othername/thisfile/linkfile
The share works well, I followed the set up instructions to the letter and was pleased with the result, until I realised that if I turned one of the computers off it caused an undesirable effect on the computer still powered up.
What happens is that browsers and the Internet still work but Dolphin goes into an unresponsive state, files and directories will no longer open, the application is frozen. Restarting the computer restores everything into a workable state.
This means that if I shut down one pc the other has to be restarted to keep things working properly.
I have double checked the set up and tried dabbling with settings all to no avail. I suspect that some configuration is needed but I have no idea what or where. My attempts to Google for info about NFS have left me with brain-ache but little else. Can anyone help, I would like to make this a success story?
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