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# 8  
Old 10-06-2010
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Originally Posted by Harleyrci
It seems to me that if I have a filesystem / directory that I want everyone to be able to see and have access to I need to mount using NFS.
Before planning any mount, you must first share that filesystem on the server owning the filesystem/directory.
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Next that mounted filesystem should be listed in the /etc/mnttab on each of the machines that will have access to it (Shared I guess is a good term).
Here you are talking about the client side so mounted is the good term (thus mnttab).
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So, now if I am a user on machine C I can access the mounted filesystem, however, I do not really know as a user on machine C where the filesystem actually resides. So, as a user, how can I find out where the file actually resides?
This was already answered by scottn:
Code:
df somefile

should tell you if somefile is mounted from some remote server.
# 9  
Old 10-06-2010
Here is the result of a df at my location
/home/maldohe (wdcprodhome:/home/maldohe):2407911840 blocks 151088561 files

The machine name does not appear in the out put string.
Harleyrci
# 10  
Old 10-07-2010
So what do you think "wdcprodhome" is ?
# 11  
Old 10-07-2010
Not sure, its not a unix machine I can actually logon to. However, when I do an nslookup, it does resolve to an ip address. In your shop, when you issue a df on a given file, do you see a real machine ?

---------- Post updated at 06:21 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:20 PM ----------

Sorry for my delays, I work nights and I see you are in Europe. Thanks again for your help. I am getting a little better understanding.
Harleyrci
# 12  
Old 10-08-2010
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Originally Posted by Harleyrci
Not sure, its not a unix machine I can actually logon to.
It doesn't need to.
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However, when I do an nslookup, it does resolve to an ip address. In your shop, when you issue a df on a given file, do you see a real machine ?
What would be a "non real" machine ??
# 13  
Old 10-08-2010
Non-real, i mean something other than a known machine name that one could actually logon to. Thanks again.
Harleyrci
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