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Debian: Mounting NFS Volume at boot with fstab not working, How to change when this is attempted on boot

So there are a bunch of NICs and vlans on the server and after adding the last ones the auto mount of a network volume is not working. I can do it all right if i SSH in and use mount however it doesnt ...
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Error while mounting directory from host via NFS

I've been looking around the site but I couldn't find anyone with the same problem. On VirtualBox, I have a machine with IP *.28 and another one with IP *.20. The latter should mount a directory ...
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NFS server optimization for maximum performance

I'm looking for maximum of performance for a NFS mount. I'm on local network, it could be completly unsecure, the performance is the most important in my case. What I already found : In /etc/export ...
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how to prevent reboot being stopped by nfsmount?

I can't imagine there isn't a simple strategy to solve this issue of stale nfs handles preventing a machine from shutting down normally, but I'm not sure what that would be. It's pretty annoying to ...
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NFS configuration redhat6.3 64bit

I'm getting this error on the client: [root@localhost /]# mount -t nfs 192.168.18.144:/linuxcast-nfs /mnt/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 192.168.18.144:/linuxcast-nfs, ...
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Redhat: non-root user needs to copy files to a NFS share

Typically non-root users cannot mount directories. Running Redhat Have 6GB tar.gz (/dir/somefile.tar.gz) Need to move to a NFS share on another box (//somebox/somefolder/) We have no other access. ...
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Having owner access on files upon mounted NFS directory

I have a Linux RedHat server and a Solaris 10 client. I have mounted a directory which locates on the RedHat server, in the Solaris system with RW(read/write) option. I already have some directories ...
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NFS sharing is read only

I have problem with NFS sharing. See my exports: /export 192.168.1.11(rw,fsid=0,insecure,no_subtree_check,sync) /export/share 192.168.1.12(rw,nohide,insecure,no_subtree_check,sync) From a client ...
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Can not mount NFS from server on local network

I set up my NFS server without doing any bigger changes in configuration files. After that I added these entries to /etc/exports(both paths are valid) on server(192.168.1.11): /export ...
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Mounting Directory - Connection Refused

I am trying to mount a Directory from my server to my local machine. This is because I want to edit the directory and execute the files without having the manually push the files to the server after ...
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autofs mounts not disconnecting after inactive

I have autofs installed on several linux servers that are connecting to central NFS server for the users /home directories. It works great when mounting the directories on login, but the mounts never ...
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How to properly export and import NFS shares that have subdirectories as mount points also?

Server A exports directory /srv via NFS with option nohide. A subdirectory within /srv, /srv/foo, is a mount point for another location on the NFS server using --bind option, like server# mount ...
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Network file sharing between Linux and OS X

I want to share a drive/folder over the internet from my Debian machine back home, such that I can mount it on my Macbook when I am on the move. Basically I want to store my music at home and just ...
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problem exporting /media as an nfs share: why does it happen?

I've got two netbooks. One netbook has two installed Linux systems: openSUSE 11.04 and Debian testing. By default, in Debian, gnome mounts the /home filesystem for openSUSE, which shows up in gnome's ...
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Cross mounting nfs shares on linux servers

We have a few linux file servers, our sysadmin refuses to do any NFS cross mounting, by cross mounting I mean mounting an nfs share from server A on server B and a share from server B on A . Anybody ...
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Keep local copy of nfs mount on computer

I mount all my home directories and what ever else on my laptop when it is on my home network. I was wondering if there is a way to keep a local copy of the nfs mount when my laptop is off the ...