nfs in FC5

[Frank-Michael Fischer]

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 10:58 +0200, Frank-Michael Fischer wrote:
>   
>> When opening the Network - File Browser it shows the windows network
>> only (samba), no nfs related info. Also when going to "Places -> Connect
>> to Server" I could not find a way to make nfs servers visible.
>> Is this not intended in FC5 or am I missing a package here or how can I
>> mount nfs shares without manually editing fstab or issueing mount
>> commands as root?
>>
>> Thanks for advice!
>>
>> FMF
>>
>>     
> As others have suggested you seem to be confusing nfs with other sharing
> technologies. I know of no way under fedora to detect NFS servers. And
> mounting NFS shares requires a mount command of some sort either in
> fstab or on the command line.
>   

Here is the text from "System -> Help":

    To Access Network Places

    If your system is configured to access places on a network, you can
    use the file manager to access the network places.

    To access network places, open the file manager and choose Places →
    Network Servers. A window opens that displays the network places
    that you can access. Double-click on the network that you want to
    access.

    To access UNIX shares, double-click on the Unix Network (NFS)
    object. A list of the UNIX shares available to you is displayed in
    the file manager window.

    To access Windows shares, double-click on the Windows Network (SMB)
    object. A list of the Windows shares available to you is displayed
    in the file manager window.

I am just asking how will I get the Unix Network (NFS) object showing in
the file manager? Because only the Windows Network (SMB) object shows.

Actually there are also only two ways to access an SMB share: through
"mount -t cifs" or (poor man's version) "smbclient". So how comes I can
see the SMB shares in file manager without having an fstab entry or
issuing a "mount"?

"showmount -e little" would give you e.g. the following list on my test
system:

    Export list for little:
    /home *
    /srv/install *

Therefore one could have an automatic discovery of available shares (and
other Linuxes have that). The documentations suggests we have it in FC5,
so how can we make it work?

FMF