[LUG] Experiments with NFS

[Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been toying with NFS and I'm confused on NFS and removable drives:

1. If I put 
/mnt/cdrom/ client()
in /etc/exports and restart nfsd, I don't seem to be able to then unmount the 
drive or eject the CD until I've commented the line out of /etc/exports and 
restarted nfsd. Is that right? Is there a command to still eject the CD 
providing no user on the client machine actually has the nfs share mounted?

2. What if I put a line into /etc/fstab on the client to mount the nfs export 
- what happens if the server isn't running temporarily or (in the case of a 
CD) if there's no drive loaded? Do I need an 'auto' option of some kind or 
will it take care of it for me?

At present, I've just exported a home folder to allow for easier backups 
using /home/user client() which only gives access to the share from the named 
client and only in read-only mode with existing user permissions retained. 
(Have I got that right?)

(I'm then using 
mount -t nfs server:/home/user /mnt/server/user
to mount the share on the client)

(Mandrake 8.1)

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