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progrock

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Registered: 2008-07-19

Posts: 33

Sharing NTFS over the network

Hi all,
I have a desktop and a laptop both running Arch, and I want to be able to share a directory on the Desktop (/mnt/storage) with the laptop.  So I followed the Arch Wiki to set up both the client and server with NFS, but I can't mount the directory.  I get a 'permission denied' error.  I think that it might have something to do with the fact that on the server, /mnt/storage is mounted with ntfs-3g - since I've had problems with it on other distros.  But the ntfs-3g page says:
Can I export NTFS via NFS?
    Yes. There are two solutions depending on the Linux kernel version:

       1. Obsolete: Use the FUSE kernel module from the FUSE 2.7.4 software package and please read the FUSE README.NFS file.
       2. Preferred: Use the FUSE kernel module included in the Linux 2.6.27 and later kernels (the current git Linux kernel already includes FUSE NFS support).

So, since I'm currently running 2.6.25 on both computers (and 2.6.27 isn't available on kernel.org...) do I need to do some magic handwaving to make this work?  Or do I need to find some other way to share this directory?

tl;dr
I want to share an ntfs-3g directory on the nfs server with a client, and I right now I get a 'permission denied' on the client error when I try.

Thanks, progrock

progrock

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Registered: 2008-07-19

Posts: 33

Re: Sharing NTFS over the network

Okay, it is most certainly the ntfs that is causing the problem, since I can share directories on an ext2 fs.  So any help for sharing an ntfs folder?

tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Sharing NTFS over the network

Option 1 in your first post seems clear enough - have you tried it yet?

progrock

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Registered: 2008-07-19

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Re: Sharing NTFS over the network

I haven't, but I am using  fuse 2.7.3-1.  Where is that readme located?

tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Sharing NTFS over the network

Couldn't say for sure, but probably in the fuse 2.7.4 tarball.

progrock

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Registered: 2008-07-19

Posts: 33

Re: Sharing NTFS over the network

Well, I figured it out:  Just followed the instructions included in the latest stable release of the fuse source in README.NFS.  It really was that simple.  I guess I didn't follow it to begin with because it was labeled as the 'obselete' solution to the problem on the NTFS-3G website.  Live and learn.