Connecting to OMV NFS Share with Windows 10???

bobmct · 27. Mai 2021

Sorry if this has been discussed. I've been searching these forums and find bits and pieces but not a thorough explanation. here's my dilemma:

Created a new OMV NAS. Defined services of SSH and NFS. I used unionfs to join two disks. Defined the unionfs as my share. This share is also listed in the NFS share section.

My Linux, Mac and IOS systems see it and connect perfectly. Windows 10 doesn't even see it. I do have the nfs-client and administrative tools installed and rebooted.

When I do define the share I can see the entry in the /etc/exports file.

I'm kind of stumped.

Can anyone please provide a simple explanation and/or example of the steps to a successful connection?

Thanks for any help.

macom · 27. Mai 2021

Majority of users are using smb to connect from Windows to the NAS. You will have to search the web, how to use nfs for that on the Windows side.

random example

https://docs.datafabric.hpe.co…ngNFSonWindowsClient.html

bobmct · 27. Mai 2021

Thanks and I've used SMB/CIFS for most of its lifetime. However I could not get reliable connections with proper permissions with SMB/CIFS and most respondents suggested I stick to NFS. So that's where I am. All my NFS links work well. But NOT Windoze. Just FYI

geaves · 27. Mai 2021

If you do a search there is enough information on how to mount nfs on W10, here here do this work, yes I tested it once, just enabling nfs on W10 is not enough

crashtest · 27. Mai 2021

Zitat von bobmct

Thanks and I've used SMB/CIFS for most of its lifetime. However I could not get reliable connections with proper permissions with SMB/CIFS

Give this -> doc a read.

atwk20 · 20. Oktober 2021

Hello, so I have the problem too and I don't know where to get the UID and GID from.

I want to use NFS on Windows because I can share this with OVM scheduled, while SMB is used for other purposes. But so far all my nfs shares remain empty on Windows.

macom · 20. Oktober 2021

Zitat von atwk20

I don't know where to get the UID and GID from

In CLI id <username>

atwk20 · 20. Oktober 2021

Ok, so after I figured out what CLI means, the UID is 1000 and GID is 100, which is what I had already entered so unfortunately it doesn't work.

In another tutorial UID and GID were entered directly in /etc/exports, but there it says with me only:

# This file is auto-generated by openmediavault (https://www.openmediavault.org)

# WARNING: Do not edit this file, your changes will get lost.

# /etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems which may be exported

# to NFS clients. See exports(5).

/export/nfs-Kindermediathek *(fsid=1,rw,subtree_check,insecure)

/export/nfs-batocera *(fsid=2,rw,subtree_check,insecure)

# NFSv4 - pseudo filesystem root

/export *(ro,fsid=0,root_squash,no_subtree_check,hide)

chente · 20. Oktober 2021

Zitat von atwk20

In another tutorial UID and GID were entered directly in /etc/exports, but there it says with me only:

I don't know what you are trying to do exactly. But normally you should set permissions on shared folders from OMV GUI (GUI = Graphical Interface ). Most of the configuration files are managed by OMV and will be rewritten on next reboot.

atwk20 · 20. Oktober 2021

I want to see NFS content in Windows, it's mounted as a network drive, but it's empty. And I have no idea what to create where in OVM.

So far it works very well with the NFS, some clients (Kodi, LibreElec, batocera) access it and everything is fine. Now I'm thinking of switching to retrobat instead of batocera, but with my setup this is only conceivable if I manage to mount NFS shares in Windows as a network drive.

crashtest · 20. Oktober 2021

You'll need to get on the command line of the server. You can use an SSH client to do so. Here's a few notes on how to set up the SSH client -> Putty.

When logged into the server's command line as root, type:

id user

(Above, substitute in the username for "user")

The output will return the users UID and GID

atwk20 · 20. Oktober 2021

I already found out the UID and GID, but when I enter this in regedit on Windows, it doesn't change anything - the nfs folders remain empty. Somehow I have to configure something within OVM to make it work.

chente · 20. Oktober 2021

There is something wrong here. NFS is a file sharing system implemented in Linux. I am convinced that debian, therefore OMV, have managed it perfectly for years.

You are trying to use this system to share files with windows. Windows uses samba for this and does not have NFS implemented. I suppose there will be some strange way to use NFS on windows, despite windows' best efforts not to.

What I don't understand is that the problem is in OMV. I bet my right leg the problem is with windows.

atwk20 · 20. Oktober 2021

yes sure, Windows will be the problem there. But Windows wants to be able to do that now and I would like to use it and do not manage. Apparently others have made it when they themselves have set up a nfs-server and their instructions somehow do not work with OVM.

atwk20 · 20. Oktober 2021

ok, figured it out - uid and gid each 2

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