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Linux Drive Mounting


I'm looking for some information and advice on mounting drives in Linux. (openSuSE)

I have the option of CIFS or NFS.

I'd like to clarify if the following is correct.

NFS shares don't need username & password authentication. CIFS share do need username and password authentication.

When mounting the share is there anyway to ensure the mount has full read / write access ?

Thanks


Solution

  • When mounting the share is there any way to ensure the mount has full read / write access ? => The "mount" command can be used to see existing mounts and their respective options. e.g.

    [test@myhost test]# mount | grep export
    130.35.54.227:/export/LINUX.X64 on /usr/platform type nfs  (ro,tcp,retrans=5,intr,timeo=600,actimeo=1200,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,sloppy,addr=130.35.54.227)
    

    In the example above ro indicates read only access permission.