can i mount an FTP location?

[hoshi411]

is it possible to mount an FTP location on open server?
or do i need to install something like samba?

i need to mount a drive over a network somehow...

any suggestions?

 

[PHV]

i need to mount a drive over a network somehow
man nfs

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[hoshi411]

great. i got nfs started but that man page is weak on explaining how to connect to a location using nfs.

what is the nfs client? how do i use it?

the man page could have at least given me an example like

./nfsclient -x 192.168.1.1 -u <usrname> -p <pass>

what do i do from here?

 

[PHV]

man mount
Be aware that the drive over the network must be exported by a nfs server.
man exportfs
If the server is a windows box, then samba is an option.

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[apeasecpc]

To mount an NFS filesystem, make sure the computer you are mounting is in /etc/hosts file (unless you are resolving the name under DNS). You can mount with a "mount" command from the command line, but it is easier to use the filesystems manager under scoadmin to mount the filesystem.

 

[hoshi411]

thanks i installed the nfs server on windows and was able to connect with no problem at all from the sco box.

by chance does anyone know how i can run the filesystem utility from the command line?

for example to run the software install gui from the command line i type 'custom'

is there something similar for the filesystem gui utility?

TIA

 

[PHV]

scoadmin

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