Help with NFS for Windows XP- for WDTV setup

[Amitabh Bhargava]

Apologies if question sounds like a newbie to you as I am one. I purchased WD TV and learnt that I need to use NFS share if I need to speed up my abysmal transfer speeds. I followed the tutorial at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/NFSonWindows. I get stuck at the point where I need to enter user name mapping within local computer. When I click on "Show user maps" or "Show group maps" I get a message "Unable to access User name mapping server No maps could be obtained".

I have Win XP Home and on the computer just have admin and guest account. I do not have any password for admin account. I am using password and group files as attached in following link http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/04/01/setup-guide-for-wd-tv-nfs-sharing-on-windows/

I would appreciate any help or suggestions

[creisor]

--- In nslu2-general@..., "Amitabh Bhargava" <abhargava_71@...> wrote:
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> Apologies if question sounds like a newbie to you as I am one. I purchased WD TV and learnt that I need to use NFS share if I need to speed up my abysmal transfer speeds. I followed the tutorial at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/NFSonWindows. I get stuck at the point where I need to enter user name mapping within local computer. When I click on "Show user maps" or "Show group maps" I get a message "Unable to access User name mapping server No maps could be obtained".
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> I have Win XP Home and on the computer just have admin and guest account. I do not have any password for admin account. I am using password and group files as attached in following link http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/04/01/setup-guide-for-wd-tv-nfs-sharing-on-windows/
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I've not used Windows Services for UNIX, nor do I have a Windows box to test this on, but a few suggestions based on what I see here:

* check the ACLs on the group and passwd files
* did you remove the .txt extension on the files you downloaded from that site?
* the error might be indicating that the Windows domain is unavailable; check that your Windows domain is working (i.e., you can browse to \\<domainname>)

[wallace4793]

Have you tried hanewinnfs? A really simple to use nfs server... i have this setup and use my wdtv in conjunction with my nslu2

To: nslu2-general@...
From: creisor@...
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:01:04 +0000
Subject: [nslu2-general] Re: Help with NFS for Windows XP- for WDTV setup















 




   
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> Apologies if question sounds like a newbie to you as I am one. I purchased WD TV and learnt that I need to use NFS share if I need to speed up my abysmal transfer speeds. I followed the tutorial at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/NFSonWindows. I get stuck at the point where I need to enter user name mapping within local computer. When I click on "Show user maps" or "Show group maps" I get a message "Unable to access User name mapping server No maps could be obtained".

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> I have Win XP Home and on the computer just have admin and guest account. I do not have any password for admin account. I am using password and group files as attached in following link http://www.wdtvc.com/2009/04/01/setup-guide-for-wd-tv-nfs-sharing-on-windows/

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> I would appreciate any help or suggestions

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I've not used Windows Services for UNIX, nor do I have a Windows box to test this on, but a few suggestions based on what I see here:



* check the ACLs on the group and passwd files

* did you remove the .txt extension on the files you downloaded from that site?

* the error might be indicating that the Windows domain is unavailable; check that your Windows domain is working (i.e., you can browse to \\<domainname>)





 

     

   
   
       
       
       
       


       


       
       
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[Amitabh Bhargava]

Essentially I would have to spend extra dollars to actually purchase hanewinnfs and apart from using it for wdtv, I do not see any utility for it. Windows services for unix is free- so I was planning to try it out


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