On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 10:56 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 10:47:54AM -0400, Eric A. Bonney wrote: > > Can anyone point me to some docs that would help me configure my home > > network? I have one machine that is setup as a file/web/mail server and > > then I want to access it from my laptops and desktops. These machines > > are a mixture of XP and Debian machines. Currently I am most intrested > > in getting access to the server from the debian machines first. I have > > tried using Samba and NFS, but I am having difficulty getting write > > access to the drives. I can get read access to them and I can copy > > stuff from the drives, but I can not get write access to the drives from > > the laptops etc. > > > > NFS should be dead simple to get working. Have you allowed write > access in /etc/exports on the server? > > what are the perms on the network shares on the server? > what are the perms on the mount points on the client? > how are you mounting the shares on the client? > > these four things need to match up to make it work. > > A
IIRC, the users/UID's need to match on NFS as well, unless there is some way to surmount it (likely lowering the security level as a consequence?). Kenward -- If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
