This chapter describes how to set up file servers and clients associated with
NFS and Samba.
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Setting up an NFS file server
in Linux
Setting up a Samba file server
in Linux
Running a File Server
When selecting file services to provide, keep in mind that less is more. If your clients
and servers support multiple-file access capabilities (both NFS and SMB, for example),
pick the service that lends itself to making the task less complicated. In many cases, NFS is supported
by clients and servers regardless of the operating system that they use. It??™s rare that you would need
to enable more than one of the file services discussed in this chapter.
Setting Up an NFS File Server
Instead of representing storage devices as drive letters (A, B, C, and so on), as they are in Microsoft
operating systems, Linux systems connect file systems from multiple hard disks, floppy disks,
CD-ROMs, and other local devices invisibly to form a single Linux file system. The Network File
System (NFS) facility enables you to extend your Linux file system in the same way, to connect file
systems on other computers to your local directory structure.
An NFS file server provides an easy way to share large amounts of data among the users and computers
in an organization.
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