/etc/exports is on the server, it's what the server shares. /etc/fstab is how you mount things, including shares. On Thursday 13 September 2001 05:01 pm, Landy Roman wrote:

you mean /etc/exports or /etc/fstab i know i could sare via nfs in /etc/exports but i did not know i could use fstab to do that

On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:00:14 -0400

David Grove wrote:

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Be careful with this. I've recently had some bad experiences here:

1. the dotfiles (configuration files) in your home directory can get quite machine specific

2. binaries in or under your home directory run more slowly (star office is a good example... slow enough on a local machine)

3. server goes down, so do you

Of course, the benefits are obvious:

1. share a single mail directory across a lan

2. share some config files across a lan

3. share your work files across a lan

What I would suggest is sharing sprcific directories, such as a /home/you/work folder, your mail folder, and specific configuration files.

However, to answer your question directly, you put them in your /etc/fstab just like any other share that's "permanently" mounted (always there). Make sure you have the same uid on both machines. Let me know how you make out. This has been a goal for me as well, but didn't work well in practice.

On Thursday 13 September 2001 07:44 am, Landy Roman wrote:

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if i want to share /home directories across a network do i neet to mount it via nfs or can nis do that itself