I could never figure out NFS … ( it only works with unix usernames??) But since I have smb servers I can use that with Android
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grumuk@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Honestly I hate all these file sharing self hosting things. Looking at you nextcloud owncloud syncthing seafile etc. They all suck. All I want is NFS support in android, that’s my only pain point accessing my files from anywhere from my home network. I can already VPN/wireguard into my network from anywhere, but I can’t grab an ebook or mp3s off my NFS server from my phone or tablet, I have to have some other dumb infrastructure for it. Just (#@$^* put NFS in android already!!!
/endrant
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Yes! There used to be a little utility that could map a SMB share in Android, but that got killed years ago.
PracticalChameleon@feddit.org 2 days ago
MaterialFiles (available on F-Droid) is capable of SMB. Unfortunately encrypted connections are not supported.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
NFS seems a poor choice for mobile when simply losing the link will cause end user troubles.
I hard dropped it years ago when a momentarily dropped link would mean you needed to reboot the client machine or you’d lock up for minutes at a time trying to poll the mounted directory. (which, when pinned in a gui file manager, meant every time I opened the file manager or a save dialog box, my entire system would just lock up for minutes at a time)
I use an unholy combination of smb and sshfs now, since they can fail gracefully where NFS just can’t.