From: Gordon@leaf.net.nz   
      
   On 2025-09-04, 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?   
      
   Is the nfs server active?   
      
      
      
   $ sudo mount -t nfs -o rw //192.168.1.120:/home/backups/data/      
   /mnt/monty/data   
      
   I would try   
      
   sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.1.120:/home/backups/data /mnt/minty/data   
      
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