How to create a shared folder using command line on a server

10.10 server samba nfs share

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I don't think you can give the ~/uslonsweb003 as a directory it would have to be full eg /home/sadmicrowave/uslonsweb003 in fstab (because there may be more than one user)

this is your original

//128.251.xxx.xxx/var/ ~/uslonsweb003 nfs #username=[username],password=[password], 0 0

you don't need the // at the beginning or #username=[username],password=[password],

and after the nfs you should have your options giving you line like this

128.251.xxx.xxx:/var  /home/sadmicrowave/uslonsweb003  nfs rw,hard,intr 0 0

as the folder being shared is a root only folder (it acts exactly like it would on your own machine) you will need to open nautilus as root to be able to edit files.

You can find a list of nfs options and a description of what they do here.

Hope this helps

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sadmicrowave

Updated on September 17, 2022

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sadmicrowave over 1 year
After following the tutorial here I ran into a problem. Here is what I did.

On my server I installed nfs-kernel-server and edited the /etc/exports file to include the folder I want to share:
```
 /var *(rw,sync)
```
On my client machine I edited my fstab file to include share:
```
 //128.251.xxx.xxx/var/ ~/uslonsweb003 nfs #username=[username],password=[password], 0 0
```
Entered command:
```
  sudo mount -a 
```
which gives this error:
```
  mount.nfs: remote share not in 'host:dir' format
```
Where did I go wrong with this setup?

Also if there is a better way (using command line) to setup a folder share on an Ubuntu 10.10 server that will be accessed by other linux and windows machines please let me know.

UPDATE:
The mapped drive is now not letting me create,edit,delete files or folders (readonly access) my configuration is as follows:

client fstab file:
```
 128.251.xxx.xxx:/var /home/coreyf/uslonsweb003 nfs rw,hard,intr, 0 0
```
server exports file:
```
 /var *(rw,no_root_squash,sync,no_subtree_check)
```
UPDATE 2:

Using Allans solution my drive mounted correctly however after putting rw,intr as my additional parameters I cannot create, edit and delete folders/files.
sadmicrowave about 13 years

Ok, changed it, but still getting the same error