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2.5.3 NFS for Windows — nfsAxe

2.5.3 NFS for Windows — nfsAxe

The combination of MinGW and MSYS does not include network server functionality such as NFS. There are several packages available, some for free, that add NFS server functionality to Windows. One that I’ve worked with is nfsAxe from LabF (http://www.labf.com/). It’s a fairly extensive package that includes:

• NFS client

• NFS server

• FTP client

• Telnet

• LPD and LPR

• TFTP client

A free downloadable evaluation version of nfsAxe is available that supports one user and times-out after 30 minutes of operation. A commercial version supporting any number of users sells for $24 to $40 per user, depending on how many user licenses are purchased.

The download, nfsaxe.exe, is a self-extracting ZIP file. Use nfsaxe.exe to extract the package files and start an InstallShield wizard that steps you through the usual options of selecting an install directory, a setup type, and a program folder. Unlike Cygwin and MinGW, nfsAxe uses the standard Windows software installation process, so to remove it you must use the Control Panel Add/Remove software process.

Using nfsAxe creates a program folder with icons for all of its features, plus a user’s manual and an uninstall process. The first time you double-click NFS-Server two things are likely to happen:

• A Windows security alert says the firewall has blocked the program from accepting connections. Click on Unblock.

• NFS_Server says the list of exported directories is empty, and asks, “Do you wish to create it?” Click Yes to bring up the window in Figure 2.9.

Figure 2.9: NFS Server Settings.

Click on Add directory to make one or more Windows directories visible to NFS. Then click on Add User Access to allow access to the directories you’ve exported. The simplest thing to do is select the wildcard, “*”, for all the entries. Uncheck Read only if you want write access to the export.

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