Introduction

A fileserver is a machine other than your workstation, that keeps your files.
Usually, a single fileserver provides filesharing between multiple workstations.

The following is a simple recipy 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.)

1. nfs-utils.tcz
2. filesystems-`uname -r`.tcz (note: shell backquotes to insert output of `uname -r` command.)

The appropriate install option for both packages is OnBoot

The NFS server is configured by 3 files:

1. /etc/hosts.deny
   
2. /etc/hosts.allow
   
3. /etc/exports
   

You can get away with leaving hosts.deny and hosts.allow empty, but this arrangement is only secure enough within a home network behind a firewall.

To share the directory /home/nfs for read-write access, create the file /etc/exports, and add a line like the following

/home/nfs 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0(rw,async,no_subtree_check)

This will make the directory available for any machine in the IP subnet (192.168.2.xxx).
You can also specify exact IP adresses.

"/usr/local/etc/init.d/nfs-server start" 

If your TinyCore box with the NFS server has IP address 192.168.2.252, 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:/home/nfs  /mnt/nfs

( See boot option nodhcp to obtain a fixed IP address )

See also:

• http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs-howto/index.html
• http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,7940.msg42631.html#msg42631
• http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,10948.0.html

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