[TriLUG] Access to remote linux files and folders...

[dsandif]

I am trying to see and access the drives and folders on linux boxes 
remotely across the network. I basically ssh into the machine and then 
CD down to the directory with the files that I want to access. Prior to 
all this I stop and restart the following services; portmap and nfs. One 
note to all of this is that I make sure that in my /etc/exports file I 
have the dns names and ips of the machines I'm trying to reach and I 
issue these commands first as root:


/etc/rc.d/init.d/portmap stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/portmap start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs start


This is all I do. nfs gives a few failed messages when I stop it but 
eventually it shuts down. I then restart the two and from that point, I 
am able to ssh into other linux boxes and drill down to see directories 
and files. However recently I have one box that seems reluctant to allow 
me to see it directories. I can ssh to it but when I try to ls and see 
the files in the say “jukebox” directory, nothing comes up. I don’t get 
any other than a prompt for that directory, no listing of files. 
However, if I reboot that linux box that I currently can’t see, re-run 
the stop and start command for portmaping and nfs, I can then see the 
box I was trying to reach BUT the problem then switches to the local 
box, in essence, the issue\problem is now on the local box.

1). How can I set this up so that I get either machine to see one other, 
I can see both their directories and files and,

2). How can I automate this process so I don’t have to keep doing this


Thanks

D-