nfs (Network File System) created by Sun Microsystems. NFS allows a client system to access network files as if local.

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GDM hangs when home directory is inaccessible

I have setup a OpenSUSE 12.3 workstation with SSO through KRB5 and LDAP. This works pretty smoothly up to the point where GDM isn't very happy about that fact that it cannot access user's home ...
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Forcing Linux NFS client to reconnect to server after NFS is disconnected

Is there a way to force a Linux client to reconnect to a NFS server after it has lost its connection? The client eventually notices the server is back and resumes working just fine. I'm just ...
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NFS server causes high load even when idle

I have an Ubuntu (12.04) NFS server that has a high load (larger than 10) even when nothing is running. In detail, the storage is provided by an iSCSI device, on which I have 5 logical volumes (LVM) ...
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What could cause a NAS mount to respond slowly?

I've a directory on a NAS mount (from NetApp), that contains ~6300 image files, total size of this directory is ~ 300 MB. I get two different performances of time ls: First time (or after waiting 5-7 ...
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NFS server on qemu guest

I need to know how I can mount block devices, placed on a qemu guest system, from host. So in this case we have NFS server placed on guest system and NFS client on the host's side. There are a lot ...
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NFS mount fails at boot time

I have the following in /etc/fstab on FreeBSD: venture:/usr/redacted /usr/local/redacted nfs rw 0 0 This fails during boot. However, after boot, the following command succeeds ...
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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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Autofs doesn't mount shares on startup

I am using OpenSuSE 12.1 with homes shared through LDAP and NFS. ldap stores the maps. My problem is I can't have the shares mounted on boot. It's only working when restarting the autofs service ...
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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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Transmission client can't access mounted NFS share

I set up transmission-daemon on my Scientific Linux 6.3 machine to download files to a mounted NFS share (mounted during boot via /etc/fstab). The directory that the NFS share is mounted to was ...
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Running rsync as a daemon for a local transfer

My coworker is trying to talk me into running rsync as a daemon on my EM server. I'm currently using rsync to copy a NFS share on my storage cluster to USB external drives so the data can be reviewed ...
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How can I tell if no_root_squash is enabled from an NFS client without mounting the share?

Obviously, I can look at /etc/exports on the NFS server-side to see if no_root_squash is enabled, but is there a way I can check this from the NFS client-side without actually mounting the share? ...
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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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write file to NFS speed issue

I have a big data file need to write to NFS directory which is mapped under a Windows system. I had 2 different approaches to achieve this. I wrote (using the “save as” command) from the app directly ...
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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 ...