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4.8.1 Introduction

The problem with NFS (and other) mounts is, that you usually have to be root to make them, which can be rather inconvenient for users. Using amd you can set up a certain directory (I'll take `/net'), under which one can make any NFS-mount as a normal user, as long as the filesystem about to be accessed is actually exported by the NFS server.

To check if a certain server exports a filesystem, and which ones, use the showmount-command with the -e (export) switch:

% showmount -e ftp.uni-regensburg.de
Exports list on ftp.uni-regensburg.de:
/usr/aftp                          Everyone

If you then want to mount that directory to access anything below it (for example `pub/os/NetBSD/NetBSD-Amiga'), just change into that directory:

% cd /net/ftp.uni-regensburg.de/pub/os/NetBSD/NetBSD-Amiga

The filesystem will be mounted (by amd), and you can access any files just as if the directory was mounted by the superuser of your system.


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