How to create a shared folder using command line on a server
- by sadmicrowave
After following the tutorial here I ran into a problem. Here is what I did.
On my server I installed nfs-kernel-server and edited the /etc/exports file to include the folder I want to share:
/var *(rw,sync)
On my client machine I edited my fstab file to include share:
//128.251.xxx.xxx/var/ ~/uslonsweb003 nfs #username=[username],password=[password], 0 0
Entered command:
sudo mount -a
which gives this error:
mount.nfs: remote share not in 'host:dir' format
Where did I go wrong with this setup?
Also if there is a better way (using command line) to setup a folder share on an Ubuntu 10.10 server that will be accessed by other linux and windows machines please let me know.
UPDATE:
The mapped drive is now not letting me create,edit,delete files or folders (readonly access)
my configuration is as follows:
client fstab file:
128.251.xxx.xxx:/var /home/coreyf/uslonsweb003 nfs rw,hard,intr, 0 0
server exports file:
/var *(rw,no_root_squash,sync,no_subtree_check)
UPDATE 2:
Using Allans solution my drive mounted correctly however after putting rw,intr as my additional parameters I cannot create, edit and delete folders/files.
