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OPS335 NFS Lab

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#Add the following line to the bottom of the '''/etc/fstab''' file on your VM3 machine:<br>'''192.168.x.3:/home /home nfs4 defaults 0 0'''
{{Admon/important|Warning: Do not change any other lines in this file. |Do not change any lines in '''/etc/fstab''' file contained for your VM3 machine. Doing so can cause your VM3 machine not to boot properly.}}
<ol><li value="5">Run the following command to confirm that SELinux will not block the network share:<br>'''setsebool -P use_nfs_home_dirs 1'''</li><li>Issue the following command to mount any network shares without having to logout and login to your VM3:<br>'''mount -a'''<li>Create an empty file within the regular user's home directory on your VM3 machine. Switch to your '''VM2 ''' machine and view the contents on your regular user's home directory. What you do you notice? what does this mean in terms of using NFS? Record your observations in your lab logbook.</li><li>'''Restart your VM3 machine ''' and login with your regular user id.</li><li>Check that the home directory is mounted:<br>'''mount | grep /home'''</li><li>If it is not, try running '''mount /home''' as root and observe any errors.</li><li>Create another file in the regular user's home directory on your '''VM3 ''' machine.</li><li>Switch to your '''VM2 ''' machine to see if you can view that file.</li><li>Finally, switch to your '''VM3 ''' machine and shutdown this machine. Finally, switch to your NFS server ('''VM2 ''' machine) and issue the '''ls -l''' command in the regular user's home directory to check if you can still view and access that file that was created in your VM3 machine. If not, what is the reason why you cannot view or access the file? Record your answer in your lab logbook.</li></ol>
'''Record steps, commands, and your observations in INVESTIGATION 1 in your OPS335 lab log-book'''
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