| Stephen Gran on 26 Jul 2005 18:40:21 -0000 |
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On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 12:40:28PM -0400, W. Chris Shank said: > Linux server sharing directories via samba and also NFS to accommodate > both linux and windows clients. Windows clients have no problem with > this. Linux clients work OK if using NFS - however, since many of the > linux clients are laptops - the NFS mounts are problematic when the > laptop goes to sleep then travels. Mounting the smb shares is OK though > a little buggy when traversing multiple levels of directories with lots > of spaces in their names (may be a nautilus issues). We have very little > activity on the Windows side now as we mostly use linux desktops, so I'm > fine with phasing out the Samba sharing - however the NFS mounts are a > real pain for the laptops. NFS seems to crash the kernel during shutdown > and stalls the interface often when travelling. > > Has anyone found a good methodology for getting an all linux > client/server lan with laptop support? There are several mount options to control this. you'll probably want 'soft' mount, with a set timeout, or use the intr option, if I recall. mount(8) has some options, as does nfs(5). -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Sin boldly. -- Martin Luther | | steve@lobefin.net | | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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