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Former Member
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Hi,

I have the requirement to send and receive the files by using NFS protocol. I have to give the server name, user and password in the sender and receiver CC. when we choosing the protocol as NFS there is no option to give server, user and password.

Appriciate for quick respnse?

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former_member200962
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The User and password need not be given in the channel....the setting is to be done in the NFS directory as to allowing the PI user with the write permission.....also for the server name....NFS requires you to specify the exact location from where you need to pick/ drop a file....giving only the servername wont help.

Regards,

Abhishek.

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Former Member
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NFS is to access files on local system (PI server) whereas FTP is to access files on a remote server.

Since you are accessing the files on local system with NFS, no need to mention server and logon credentials (Just like accessing folders on your PC) where as for FTP you need to mention the remote server address with proper credentials to connect to the remote system.

Check this similar thread. Hope it will resolve all your doubt on it-

balaji_pichaimuthu
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HII,

NFS is for access the file from local system.. i mean normally you would have the situation like put file in some remote location.. so using a FTP protocol u upload your file.. so we need the FTP server details like server name, port, username and password .. but NFS will access file from local system ( PI server itself).. if u want to pick up the file u have to put in local system.. say you are placed the file in location C:\TEST\test.xml... you have mention the full path of file in source location in Communication channel...

Regards,

Balaji

Edited by: Balaji Pichaimuthu on Nov 24, 2009 6:47 AM

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Hi,

NFS means the Network File share..means the files share of the PI server itself..so no need to provide the host name and login credentials..if you want to pick the files from the other share of your network you need to have the File server running on that machine...else you cannot pick the files...so mainly here you need to use FTP protocol for picking the files...

for which mandatory is that the file server should be running on the same..if your are doing this for learning purposes then you can install the File Zilla Utility which will start the file server on your local machine too..through which you can test the scenario

HTH

Rajesh