Questions tagged [nfs]
Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984, allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a network in a manner similar to how local storage is accessed.
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Mac Sonoma can connect to NFS via Finder but not access via terminal
I need to read files from a NFS storage. Via Finder, I can connect to the server by nfs://<server>/<path>, and read files via Finder. The mount appears as /Volumes/<path>, but from ...
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systemd before,after,requires all not working like expected
I have an nfs mount on a debian12 system running systemd252, i need this to be mounted at startup before zfs but after network-online.target, so i tried using /etc/fstab but that keeps loading before ...
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Permission denied for AD group for NFS directory
I have permission denied problem with NFS share.
On server1 I have /etc/exports file with content:
/data/test server2.example.com(rw,no_root_squash).
/data/test directory has 770 permissions with ...
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Netbooting debian with NFS root but cannot get root access
I'm booting debian 12 via PXE and mounting / over NFS. This is seemingly working quite well. I created the disk by installing Debian from the CD onto a disk and mounting it onto /mnt/debian on my ...
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Does NFS have an intelligent algorithm for managing concurrent reads of NFS files by multiple processes?
I have a use case where multiple processes start simultaneously on one machine and all open the same set of NFS files (actually stored in another machine in the LAN) to process their content in ...
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"Permission denied" when `rm` ing a file (in an NFS mount), even when using sudo
Context:
Storage is a Kubernetes Persistent volume, provided by a TrueNAS NAS and accessed via NFS (with k8s accessMode ReadWriteMany)
I have checked the Permissions for the TrueNAS Dataset and ...
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Can rsync ignore errors that happen due to NFS cache inconsistency?
I have a process running on Linux that repeatedly updates a file on an NFS filesystem. The process writes the new data to a tempfile (on the same NFS) and calls the rename() syscall to replace the ...
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why does rsync not update times on remote even when itemize changes shows time differences
I'm using rsync to sync files from one NFS mount to another NFS mount. Files exist at the remote location already because of a previously executed scp command from the local mount. The consequence of ...
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NFSv4 slow copying from client to server
Although all my computers have been running Linux for at least 15 years, I consider myself a cookbook admin. Meaning I web search and then do a lot of copy/paste what seems to be the most correct ...
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Creating a hybrid SELinux policy for a specific directory?
I have a machine "NFS-Server", a machine "Hybrid", and a machine "TFTP-Client" which I would like to connect in the following way:
NFS-Server allows Hybrid to mount to a ...
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What is the meaning of the manage-gids parameter in /etc/nfs.conf?
I have run into an issue (on a system which I am not root) where there is a directory using an acl to manage access, I should be allowed access (and I am allowed access if I do a newgrp to one of the ...
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Can "File History" be backed up to an NFS-share?
My Windows 11 desktop mounts this particular filesystem using NFS -- it is not available as a Windows share -- as drive N:.
When I specify N:\MyBackups as the destination in the "File History&...
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How to handle big files with ansible
While testing ansible, I stumbled over an issue with big files and ansible.
My ansible directory for testing looks something like this:
ansible
|- ansible-testing
| |- .git
| |- big-file-playbook....
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Wait for USB mount before starting NFS server on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 (zero2w) with Raspbian?
I have Raspberry Pi Zero 2 (zero2w) with Raspbian x32 installed and attached USB SSD drive which main purpose is to act as a network (image) backup server for several other devices (all Raspberry Pis -...
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NFS4 Client rpc Calls different count of calls for same command
I have a couple of ubuntu servers on a virtual environment (Ubuntu 16.04 + 22.04 on vmware). There is a NFS Mount to a NFS Share which is in a different Network.
Now if i execute any command to this ...
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NFS slower than SMB between Linux machines
I have a QNAP TS-419P II in which I installed Debian Bookworm. I have some NFS and Samba shares to be used by some Windows and Linux clients. I was doing some testing and noticed something weird. I'm ...
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IPv6 and Privacy Extensions in Linux not working as expected with dhcpv6
I'm trying to setup my desktop to generate and use temporary address for IPv6, but no matter what I'm doing it is not working.
My internet router is managed by my provider, so I can not influence the ...
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SSH not recognizing that my public RSA key is already in the authorized_keys folder?
Apologies if the question is really simple, however I have not been able to find a solution yet.
I am exploring the exploitation potential of Kali Linux on the popular Metasploitable vulnerable server....
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How to prevent showmount from hanging
We are implementing a web front end to manage NFS and CIFS shared folders. One part displays the available share points (exports) available from any arbitrary IP address.
The backend uses smbclient -L ...
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NFS + SSH tunnel (Local Drive Mounted to VPS)
I'm trying to follow this guide https://fillumina.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/best-way-to-share-a-folder-between-linux-pcs-nfs-vs-smb-vs-sshfs/ where it concludes at Installation of NFS + SSH tunnel
Note:...
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How to make NFS server start if a disk mountpoint export fails to mount?
Consider the following /etc/exports:
/verbatim 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
/sandisk 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
/verbatim and /sandisk are mountpoints ...
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Optimizing NFS share for many small files
I'm attempting to setup a file share system for a system where users are given access to ephemeral virtual machines to work on projects that read/write a large amount of small files. For example, a ...
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Giving access to (read / write) to other users on nfs without root previliges
I am working on a CentOS server without root privileges. I am trying to share a specific folder on the network with another user.
I have already tried 'setfacl' with no success (resulting in '...
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How to allow regular user to mount NFS share on macOS Ventura?
We have an NFS share on a server.
We can mount this share on macOS Ventura as user "root", but not as a regular user.
Here is the script to mount as user "root":
$ showmount -e 192....
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How do permissions work when SMB sharing NFS mount?
I have setup a server jellyfin (runs jellyfin) that stores all media on a separate hdd that is available via NFS share from my local PC. This works as intended but since NFS is direct attached its not ...
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On which computer are mounted files executed?
This could be a few questions, but I feel it's a similar issue. On which computer are mounted executable files executed? And does this change with like sshfs, nfs, or ln? Like if you have a storage ...
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Mount NFS share from WSL in Windows 10
I installed a Windows 10 with a WSL Ubuntu. For some reasons, I need to have some files in a Linux only filesystem that I created in /some/path.
Since I need to access that folder from Windows, I ...
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what is proper way to share a ntfs data partition, nfs or samba
On linux desktop, a nfs server on home local network is already running. The same machine also has a secondary data ntfs partition as remnant of dual booting (which may happen again in the future).
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Why is NFS a lot slower than Samba in this case and can we make it faster?
I can't change much about the general setup, but try to do the best working with it:
General Setup
A .mdb backend Microsoft Access, for VBA, is placed on a computer. Other computers access that ...
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Windows Server 2019 can't see shared disk from Linux Centos 9
Centos ip: 192.168.227.123
Win: 192.168.227.121
Device: /dev/mapper/mpatha1
mountpoint: /nfsserver
Mount:
Tried 100 different things on Windows, such as disabling hibernation etc, nfs services and ...
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Can't link to NFS mount from WSL2
In an attempt to get round Can't mount NFS from within WSL2 Ubuntu 22.04 I tried:
Mounting the NFS share in Windows.
Creating a symbolic link from WSL2 to Windows.
The first step worked - I ran ...
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What is Proxmox doing when the disk copy is at 100%?
When moving some of my pve disks from a NFS share to lvm-thin, the server always sits at 100% for about 20 minutes. This happens every time. Maybe it's verifying the new disk or removing the old disk, ...
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NFS mount on Windows 11: can't write to NFS share
I have an NFS v4 server running on an Ubuntu box in my LAN and need to mount one of its shares onto a desktop running Windows 11 Pro (with Services for NFS enabled).
This is what I have on the Ubuntu ...
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/etc/exports configuration for nfs
I'd like to setup nfs between server and client.
So I modified server PC /etc/exports like below.
/directory 193.101.102.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
I expected client which ip ...
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nfs mounting directory which mounted another host
I have 3 PCs(host1, host2, host3).
host1 and host2 are connected.
host2 and host3 are connected.
host1 is mounted on host2.
So host2 can access shared directory of host1.
What I want to do is sharing ...
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Pasting does not work in Network share
i have a weird problem on my Ubuntu 20.04.1 Notebook. I can write in shares from my server but i can't paste. That means i can create a new folder or file but the paste button with right-click is ...
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nemo bookmark of nfs mounted directory causes delay at cinnamon login and automount fails
I am longtime user of Linux Mint. I have just installed Mint 21.1 Cinnamon edition on a newly-built desktop PC.
I have set up a systemd mount unit to automount an nfs share at startup:
$ cat /etc/...
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Can't mount NFS from within WSL2 Ubuntu 22.04
I'm trying to mount an NFS share from within WSL2 running Ubuntu 22.04. This works fine on native Ubuntu. I edit /etc/fstab to add:
172.16.0.113:/mnt/share/yocto-cache /home/tom/cache nfs ...
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At boot, howto start systemd service described in a NFS path
on our centos 8 servers, we have many custom services to start at boot time.
To split things between system and "our stuff", we put everything in our path /truc
Thoses services are enabled ...
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unusually high network usage from nfs
After a recent update to my ubuntu 20.04 server, my website started behaving badly.
Pre-update, it would respond in less than a second.
Post-update, it would respond in a few minutes.
After digging ...
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windows partition rotten following partition size change on a dual-boot Windows/Linux
I am stuck:
On a dual-boot Windows/Linux PC, in order to enlarge the boot partition which was running out of space to update the kernel, I wanted to move a Windows partition that had the system 32 ...
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Increase NFS speed through a second network interface
My workplace has an old and rigid network system. I currently have one computer acting as an NFS server and many computers acting as an NFS client. They are all presently connected through my ...
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How to sync UIDs and GIDs across multiple machines with minimal impact on users' experience?
I have two workstations, WS 1 and WS 2, and a server, S, all running Ubuntu 22.04. These machines were previously managed independently, so users could have accounts on some or all of them, and ...
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NFS mount command failed: Permission denied
I am working on an embedded board, running embedded Linux on it.
I want to mount the directory from my Linux Host machine (Ubuntu 20.04) to my embedded board.
As per the document shared with the board,...
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Can't open a mount point folder which is within a NFS share
I have a raspberry pi. I have shared the /home/pi/ folder via NFS like this:
contents of /etc/exports
/home/pi *(rw,all_squash,insecure,async,no_subtree_check,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000)
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Windows NFS share access from Linux unjoined domain computer with AD username using NIS
I have Linux clients using AD username/password using NIS and we have NIS Domain and UID and GID are already present in the AD. We used to have Windows 2003 NFS share and it used to work fine with ...
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How to prevent Spotlight from indexing mounted NFS/SFTP remote locations?
I am using Mountainduck to mount a remote location over SFTP, which appears locally as an NFS drive. Lately, instead of mounting/unmounting the location every time I had work to do there, I just left ...
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How to create NFS share on Synology NAS so that only a particlar linux pc has write access?
What I have:
Synology NAS (IP x.x.x.11)
Docker installed, and a docker user and group,
running many containers using the docker user,
all containers' storage inside /volume1/docker/,
NFS share for /...
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Choosing the right file system for Windows and macOS
I currently store my files (images, documents, ...) on a server at home and access them from my Windows PC via a network share with NFS. Since some time ago I also have a Mac. From my Mac I also can ...
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How to let the entries in fstab to be mounted after VPN become up?
Env: Kubuntu-20.04.4, nfs-common-1.3.4(apt upgraded).
I have three NFS mounting entries in /etc/fstab that depends on a VPN connection.
Only once the VPN come up, these entries can be mounted ...
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