From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 9/4/2025 10:41 AM, pinnerite wrote:   
   > Sorry the draft went by accident. So,   
   >   
   > Ever since I  backed up to a second machine I had been using samba.   
   > As a result I mounted using cifs and included username, password and   
   > domain in the command line.   
   >   
   > I no longer need Samba and so reduced my mount statement to a minimal:   
   >   
   > $ sudo mount -t nfs -o rw //192.168.1.120:/home/backups/data/      
   /mnt/monty/data   
   >   
   > The menu structure is:   
   >   
   > /home/alan   
   >      /backups/alan   
   >              /data   
   >   
   > When I ran that it returned:   
   >   
   > mount.nfs: Failed to resolve server //192.168.1.120: Name or service not   
   known   
   >   
   > Any suggestions?   
   >   
   > Alan   
   >   
   >   
      
      "Use the following command to mount an NFS share on a client:   
      
       mount :/       
      "   
      
   The Redhat example in that case, is not nearly explicit enough about syntax.   
   Let us try another of their examples, where they stuff a line of text into   
   /etc/fstab file.   
      
      "Procedure   
      
       1. Edit the /etc/fstab file and add a line for the share that you want to   
   mount:   
      
          :/          
   nfs    default 0 0   
      
       For example, to mount the /nfs/projects share from the   
       server.example.com NFS server to /home enter:   
      
          server.example.com:/nfs/projects    /home    nfs   defaults 0 0   
      
   Yes, they also have a typo in "default" versus "defaults". You can tell an AI   
   does not write these articles, when things like that happen.   
      
   Notice there is no trailing slash, on the item as well.   
      
   So anyway, the point of this expose is that the syntax of NFS mounts is   
   not the same as SMB/CIFS examples, and you should be careful to not   
   copy the "style" of the previous thing you were doing, into the current   
   attempt.   
      
      Paul   
      
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