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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Why am I getting an error “mount.nfs: Operation not permitted” when attempting to mount a network share?
I am trying to mount a network share and I am getting the error
mount.nfs: mount(2): Operation not permitted
On the server (Debian 13) there is an export configured:
/home 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(...
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Windows NFS Client set different permissions for files and directories
I have a NFS share on a Debian (trixie) box on my local network. I can connect to the share and use it from my Windows 11 machine, but all the files that are created from the windows machine have the +...
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How to properly configure NFS exports so that clients only have access to their own shares?
I've created nfs server on Debian 13 with few exports which I need to be separated between clients but it seems if the client knows the other folder name inside NFS root directory, it can mount it, ...
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Ways to reclaim space on a Dell PowerScale without tarring up tiny files?
We have millions of small (1KiB to 50KiB) files stored on a Dell PowerScale NAS. The NAS has a 512KiB block size, which means 75% wasted space (determined by comparing du -s with du -s --apparent-...
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Mysterious loss of TCP connectivity
There is a switch, a server and a storage (NFS). Server and storage are connected via said switch on VLAN 28, all nicely working. Enter another switch, which is connected to first switch via a network ...
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How to connect a machine from one local network to another machine in another local network?
everyone,
At home, I have a router/modem which gives local network addresses via DHCP in range 192.168.1.0/24 (network A). This network provides also wifi to part of my house.
To this local network I ...
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NFS permission denied when accessing directory owned by group
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I am using all_squash, anonuid=3001 and anongid=3001 on my nfs export, but am only able to access files and folders belonging to both, the user 3001 and the group 3001. For folders belonging ...
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Showmount Authentication Error
I am trying to share a directory through NFS to other PCs. For this I want to run a NFS server on the PC and offer the NFS share. In /etc/exports I have added:
/path <ip_of_pc_that_mounts>(ro,...
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Is NFS possible with QEMU Vagrant Alpine on a macOS M1 (ARM)?
I am having a Setup issue while trying the following approach:
macOS M1 Host
Vagrant (Alpine + ubuntu2204) + QEMU as:
vm1 = "vm1"
vm1_ip = "172.28.128.21"
Vagrant.configure(&...
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How To Check If NFS Mount Is Using SATA SSD or NVME SSD In RHEL 8.6
I have a Red Hat Linux server which has multiple NFS shares attached. The NFS host has both SATA and NVMe-connected drives. I do not have access to the NFS host. Our application requires that the ...
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NFS as a root file system and DHCP
I'm booting Debian bookworm over PXE using an NFS as the root file system. My kernel command line options are
root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.70.1:/clients,ro ip=dhcp
This works fine. I get an IP and ...
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Trying to better understand NFS server 4.1 client limitations
I currently have a NFS server 4.1 running. It is being used as a data store for Kubernetes pods. This setup means that all pods on a k8s node uses the same single connection to the nfs server.
So 18 ...
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NFSv4 ACL: getfacl displays UID but user-name is wanted
I managed to setup NFSv4 server and client.
I am able to create ACL permissions on file "test" via
# nfs4_setfacl -a A::[email protected]:rwaDxtTcCy test
The "user1" is ...
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Why is my bash glob not working as expected?
I have 2 AIX servers.
Server A: mounts an nfs from nfs_server_A into /some_location/.
Server B: mounts an nfs from nfs_server_B into /some_location/.
Both use the same options: bg,hard, rsize=262144,...
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How to monitor NFS activity on Windows 11?
I have a home NAS running unRaid and my Windows 11 machine mounts it through NFS as a mapped device. From the network usage in task manager I see my Windows 11 machine is constantly reading the NFS to ...
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