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NFS server <---> NFS server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Anthony Nader)
Sat Apr 6 07:47:08 1996
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 23:48:08 +1000
From: Robert Anthony Nader <naderr@topaz.cqu.edu.au>
To: linux-net <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
hi again ;)
Is it possible to have to linux boxes export to each other?
Ok,
I have pc1 that exports /usr /home /root & /etc/passwd from linuxbox
Now,
When I boot both boxes _only_ linuxbox exports to pc1. Things
are dandy, I can read, write, delete on pc1 to the imported directories
mentioned above.
Now, in pc1:/etc/exports I have an entry for linux box to be able to
import '/' from pc1:
/ linuxbox(rw)
But, when I exercise this on linuxbox by
# mount -t nfs pc1:/ /nfs/pc1 -rw
not only can I _not_ write on pc1's root partition, but also
the write permissions for pc1 to /usr /root /home are also gone!
Thus, can 2 boxes act as NFS servers to each other?
If not, I guess i'll have to content my self with _not_ importing
pc1:/ onto linuxbox ....
Hmmm, just as I'm writting this ... something comes to memory about
cyclic NFS mounts ( or something like that that I read in some
posting to vger ) ... I guess this is what I must be doing wrong!
Maybe if I just tried mounting pc1:/usr1 ( a real partition of pc1 )
I wouldn't have this problem ... yes?
ps: thanks to _all_ you people for the sound advice I've received
over the past few days.
--
Cheers,
Rob -
