I spent all day setting up basic NFS shares on OM and documenting my work. I figured why not spend a little more time and make it a how to guide for noobs. It is probably too basic for most of you, but I followed it word for word and and was able to repeat the success on a 2nd laptop so I feel it’s good, but I don’t want to lead anyone astray.
I did not want to just throw it up there as I am still a beginner and it might seem weird to be trying to school people on how to do something. However, my grandpa always said if you want to learn something then teach it.
Anyway, should I just post it or get feedback first from someone or what?
I spent a fair amount of time on it and would hate to keep it to myself if it could help someone trying to setup network shares at home or work.
Post it up here. If we see anything wrong we’ll correct you, or add suggestions. Once it looks good Ruru will probably pin it as an actual guide in the resource section of forum.
This guide explains how to configure autofs on OpenMandriva Rock 6.0 to automatically mount a basic NFS share, specifically share1 from 0.0.0.0:/mnt/user/share1 at /mnt/share1, on a private home network. It addresses common issues like sample configuration files, the OPTIONS warning, and OpenMandriva’s autofs expecting the master map in /etc/autofs/auto.master. The steps can be adapted for other NFS shares. Look at the end for a shortcut to mounting multiple shares from the same server.
This guide encompasses every issue I had as a new Linux user getting this set up so you can avoid the issues I faced. I had to track this information down in multiple sources, especially the troubleshooting. It is not all-encompassing of every possibility, just a how-to get going with NFS share. It is working insanely well for me after significant testing.
. Postedit: See the final version of the tutorial here
No such thing son. Only if you set up NFS shares every week. In 6 years I’ve had to do it maybe a dozen times. Back when I was managing Windows Server networks I still only needed to set up shares a few times. After that they were working. And the scripts and batch files I wrote did all the work for me after that
And then when something breaks after 3 years you have to relearn it all over again (ok, at least this time you know where to look…)
Nah, most people either would have bailed and given up or (if they really needed it) would have hired someone to do it for them (if that was even an option).
I have discovered that documenting my work not only helps me remember what I did, but helps me learn it better. I don’t feel like I am just tapping random keys or cut and pasting commands hoping it works anymore.
