Thanks, George, I'll give it a shot.  In your opinion, is it possible to
run NFS securely on a public network?  How about if TCP port 111 is
blocked at the router?

One more question since you're here. Have you ever tried NFS under
Netware?  I got that running with minimal pain, but I don't have a
Solaris box to compare its performance with.

Thanks again,

Steve

FWIW, an iso of Netware 6 beta 3 is available for free download. Comes
with lots of nifty things: Novell's webserver, Apache w/ Tomcat, native
support for Windows, Macs and NFS, luser-friendly printing stuff (BFD),
secure web-based file access and admin, improved clustering & SMP, etc.
etc.  On merit, it should stomp Windows/Hailstorm, but I'm not holding
my breath.

George Toft wrote:
> 
> The description in the Linux Network Admin Guide (ch 11) is simple and
> worked without tweeks/hacks.  First time I tried it was on a single
> computer.  Worked really well.  Then I tried it in a mixed environment,
> Linux/Solaris.  Solaris NFS code seems to run much faster than Linux'.
> 
> George's Simple How To:
> Server: Put the directory you want to export in /etc/exports
>         Make sure portmapper is running.
> Client: Make sure /etc/rc3.d/S25nfs is enabled
>         mount -t nfs server:/directory mountpoint
> 
> Warning: Don't even THINK about putting either of these on your
> firewall.
> 
> George
> 
> foodog wrote:
> >
> > Gary Nichols wrote:
> > >
> > > Alan,  good luck on your project and please keep us PLUG'ers posted on
> > > your progress.  Your home sounds like the perfect test bed for this
> > > concept.  :-)  I was thinking of doing something similar for my girls
> > > but I can't get them off the computers long enough to do a reconfig.
> > > :-)  I'm still wondering why my 13-year old is thumbing through my
> > > vi/bash books.... *grin*  Ok, I know why.  hehehe  She's living with a
> > > linux geek.
> > >
> > > Anyone else thinking of trying this?
> >
> > I burned the CDs in July but I'm still waiting for the mythical Free
> > Time to try it :-)
> >
> > I don't have the spare hardware at home, and haven't built it a firewall
> > to live behind at work.  I'm hoping to stumble across a "NFS for the
> > paranoid mini-HOWTO".
> >
> > Steve