Re: Consuming (mounting) over a Windows NFS share from IBM i

Hi Rob

when we did this one other thing bit us: line endings were different on
document shared via NFS to those that had previously been picked up by a
different route (Windows file system shares).

There was some software (InfoSphere CDC) expecting the CRLF as per a
Windows share but instead it was now just a CR (or whatever) as per Unix.

Probably not an issue as most software seems to translate without issue but
also useful to be aware of.

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 3:22 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thank you.
The little things (like the CCSID) help.


Rob Berendt
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From: Gad Miron <gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx>
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 05/25/2016 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: Consuming (mounting) over a Windows NFS share from IBM
i
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Hi Rob

My 2 cents...

We use NFS Mounts to Write documents (PDF, Excel) to shared Windows
directories and have them popped open on the user's PC (using STRPCCMD)
without having users connecting (mapped) to IFS directories.
You certainly can access these NFS mounts from the i.

1. create a Windows directory and share it using Windows shares and
permissions
as well as NFS shares/permissions.
you have to set up the built in Windwos NFS server feature.
(we use Windows 2012 Server.)

2. create a IFS directory .

3. mount the Windows NFS dir . like the following
ADDMFS TYPE(*NFS) +
MFS('192.168.168.210:/NFS4AS400XLS') +
MNTOVRDIR('/NFS4AS400XLS') CCSID(1255 1255)
(in this example the IFS dir name and the Windows one are both
NFS4AS400XLS but it is not mandatory).
when looking at IFS directories using Navigator you get a visual
indication
for NFS mounted directories - see following print screen..

4. On the i side you access the documents/files in the mounted Windows
dir.
simply by accessing the local IFS directory as if it was a regular IFS
dir.
(When saving IFS directories we get errors for these mounted NFS
directories
but I'm pretty sure you can exclude them )

5. If you do not use SSO to log in to the i then you must synchronize user
names & passwords between the i and the Windows domain.
We instead authorize user "Anonymouse" on the NFS Windows side so we
can access the Windows dir from the i without authority issues.

HTH
Gad

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message: 6
date: Fri, 20 May 2016 15:03:03 -0400
from: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Consuming (mounting) over a Windows NFS share from IBM i

I would like to avoid using /QNTC to access Windows shares. I've had too
many strange issues based on things like length of share names, etc.

I want to serve up a share on Windows using NFS.
I then want IBM i to MOUNT over that share.

I've done this between lpars of IBM i.
I've used EXPORTFS on one lpar and MOUNTed from another.

I'm sure that someone on this list has done so. I am hoping that someone
has some step-by-step instructions for both the Windows side, and the IBM
i side.

A system running under user QPGMR will be accessing this share.
Vendor software (GoAnywhere MFT by Linoma).
Internet - - > DMZ IBM i - - - - > Windows (Intranet)
https: - - - > GoAnywhere - - - > NFS Export


Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko
Dept 1600
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