re sharing

[Wolfgang Gill]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:17:22 -0400, Bob Chiodini wrote
> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 11:22, Wolfgang wrote:
> 
> > Also, the other confusing thing is that, it's suggested to setup the
> > /etc/exports file as such:- (or use nfs server config tool)
> > 
> > /name_of_directory 192.168.0.3(rw,no_root_squash)
> > 
> > The mount it on the client as:-
> > 
> > mount 192.168.0.4:/name_of_directory/ /mount_point
> > 
> > The above configuration and mount setup, doesn't make sense. If the
> > server address is x.x.x.3 and it's mounted as x.x.x.4! It's not
> > possible, from what I can see here. 
> > 
> > Any other ideas/help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Wolf
> 
> Wolf,
> 
> Shouldn't it be the other way around:
> 
> /etc/exports file as such:
> 
> Server at 192.168.0.3
> 
> /name_of_directory 192.168.0.4(rw,no_root_squash)
> 
> client at 192.168.0.4
> 
> mount 192.168.0.3:/name_of_directory/ /mount_point
> 
> Bob...

Ok, so basically what it is saying is that, the client at 192.168.0.4 can
access the shared direectory that's listed in the /etc/exports folder on the
server on 192.168.0.3. Now it makes more sense. Thanks for clearing that up.

Wolf
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