GEOM supports the remote use of devices, such as disks, CD-ROMs, files, etc. through the use of the gate utilities. This is similar to NFS.
To begin, an exports file must be created. This file
specifies who is permitted to access the exported resources and
what level of access they are offered. For example, to export
the forth slice on the first SCSI disk, the
following /etc/gg.exports
is more than
adequate:
192.168.1.0/24 RW /dev/da0s4d
It will allow all hosts inside the private network access
the file system on the da0s4d
partition.
To export this device, ensure it is not currently mounted, and start the ggated(8) server daemon:
#
ggated
Now to mount
the device on the client
machine, issue the following commands:
#
ggatec create -o rw 192.168.1.1 /dev/da0s4d
ggate0
#
mount /dev/ggate0 /mnt
From here on, the device may be accessed through the
/mnt
mount point.
It should be pointed out that this will fail if the device is currently mounted on either the server machine or any other machine on the network.
When the device is no longer needed, it may be safely unmounted with the umount(8) command, similar to any other disk device.
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