On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Eric Van Hensbergen <eri...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:34 PM, John Floren<slawmas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'd like to use the 9p mounting available in Linux, but it doesn't >> seem to work in this case. >> I try "mount -t 9p glenda /mnt" (glenda is my cpu/file server) and get: >> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on glenda, >> missing codepage or helper program, or other error >> (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might >> need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program) >> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try >> dmesg | tail or so >> >> If I do "mount -t 9p 192.168.18.180 /mnt", using the file server IP, I just >> get >> mount: permission denied >> But dmesg shows "[88617.144804] p9_errstr2errno: server reported >> unknown error cannot attach as none before authentication", ONLY when >> I use the IP address--nothing appears when I use the /etc/hosts alias >> "glenda". >> >> What am I missing? >> > > The Linux mount tool doesn't do DNS translation (except in the case of > NFS). Other file systems have to rely on mount helpers which have to > be appropriately named. So invocation as the IP address is the only > correct invocation in this case -- but you'll need to auth (or setup > the file server to export without authentication). > > -eric > >
Ok. Since I want to try and keep this with a low barrier to entry, I'd prefer to avoid making people install p9p, which I think is what you said is needed to do auth. I tried 9mount as well and had no luck there--"permission denied" when I try to mount. Is it possible to just export one directory without authentication? I want to do read-only access if possible... is that what you get as 'none'? John -- "I've tried programming Ruby on Rails, following TechCrunch in my RSS reader, and drinking absinthe. It doesn't work. I'm going back to C, Hunter S. Thompson, and cheap whiskey." -- Ted Dziuba
