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| wiki:fileserver [2012/09/10 12:41] – Added some details concerning config files and startup kennedywalker | wiki:fileserver [2013/05/09 18:22] (current) – added TFTP under listed alternatives tinypoodle | ||
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| A fileserver is a machine other than your workstation, | A fileserver is a machine other than your workstation, | ||
| Usually, a single fileserver provides filesharing between multiple workstations.\\ | Usually, a single fileserver provides filesharing between multiple workstations.\\ | ||
| - | + | There are a number of alternatives for sharing files: | |
| - | + | * NFS | |
| + | * Samba | ||
| + | * Rsync | ||
| + | * FTP-SFTP-TFTP | ||
| ==== NFS server ==== | ==== NFS server ==== | ||
| + | The following is a simple recipe for setting up a NFS server that is available to all machines in a subnet.\\ | ||
| To set up a NFS **server** under TinyCore, you need 2 packages. (To setup a NFS **client**, you only need the first package.) | To set up a NFS **server** under TinyCore, you need 2 packages. (To setup a NFS **client**, you only need the first package.) | ||
| - nfs-utils.tcz | - nfs-utils.tcz | ||
| - filesystems-`uname -r`.tcz | - filesystems-`uname -r`.tcz | ||
| - | The appropriate install option for both packages is //OnBoot// | + | The appropriate |
| === NFS server configuration files === | === NFS server configuration files === | ||
| - | /etc/exports\\ | + | The NFS server is configured by 3 files: |
| - | /etc/hosts.deny\\ | + | - /etc/hosts.deny\\ |
| - | / | + | |
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| + | |||
| + | You can get away with leaving // | ||
| + | please keep in mind that this arrangement is only secure enough within a home network behind a firewall. | ||
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| + | Also keep in mind that TinyCore puts its root filesystem "/" | ||
| + | This also applies to the /etc directory. The boot options for persistence do not help for this directory.\\ | ||
| + | If you want to keep some /etc files persistent, you must arrange for them to be copied from some persistent location into /etc at boot time.\\ | ||
| + | The easiest way is to create a /opt/etc directory, and keep persistent copies of your /etc files there.\\ | ||
| + | At boot time, copy everything from /opt/etc into /etc by some command in file / | ||
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| + | To share the directory /home/nfs for read-write access, create the file **/ | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | This will make the directory /home/nfs available for any machine in the IP subnet (192.168.2.xxx).\\ | ||
| + | You can also specify exact IP adresses. | ||
| === Starting the NFS server === | === Starting the NFS server === | ||
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| "/ | "/ | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| + | === Approaching the NFS server by a client === | ||
| + | If your TinyCore box with the NFS server has IP address 192.168.2.252 and a / | ||
| + | then you can access its files from any machine with an IP address like 192.168.2.xxx ; by entering the following command. | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | sudo mount 192.168.2.252:/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | ( See [[boot option nodhcp]] to obtain a fixed IP address for the server) | ||
| See also: | See also: | ||
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| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
| - | * | + | * [[http:// |
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| + | === Managing the file server === | ||
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| + | Occasionally, | ||
| + | On such occasions, command-line access through a remote shell can come in handy.\\ | ||
| + | A solution for this, which is secure as well as reasonably cheap on resources is a Secure Shell.\\ | ||
| + | You can use [[OpenSSH]], | ||
| + | If you want to use [[http:// | ||
| + | Dropbear does not come with a SFTP server, but it can borrow the SFTP-server that comes with OpenSSH. | ||
