On Sun, 23 May 2004 20:48:31 +0100
steve-ss
On Sunday 23 May 2004 19:15, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Sun, 23 May 2004 18:18:31 +0100
steve-ss
wrote: Hi Can I use nfs to run programs I have installed on my server using nfs or must I install the same program on every client? The case I have in mind is to run the DTP suite Scribus on each of our clients. Is there an easy method?
No, for the most part you can export them via NFS. You must understand that they will load slower. This is also very normal in some large installations.
So what do I have to export to be able to run applications? Do I have to export /usr? I don't care how slow it is, I just want to know if it's possible and how to go about it.
Export the directory where the executables are.
You can then mount them anywhere, and set your paths accordingly.
On your client systems, you mount onto a directory, /usr/installation,
and add that to the paths of your users.
On your NFS server, just export the directory where you installed the
products you want to export, let's say, /usr/local/DTP and
/usr/local/Scribus. You could export /usr/local if you wish to have
everything in /usr/local on the server exported.
You could easily export /usr and /opt and have those mounted on the
clients.
Working at DEC a few years ago, they exported several directories of
contributed programs that were not on the standard Unix distribution.
The only thing that you need to worry about is that the mount spec in
/etc/fstab allows exec, which is the default.
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Jerry Feldman