Using NFS Mount as an ODBC Data Source

Scott Cantrell 0 Reputation points
2023-01-19T15:15:05.0433333+00:00

We have a Windows 10 Pro PC running on a VM that has a mounted NFS drive, just using the anon switch to not require credentials. The drive letter is Z and net use shows it as an NFS Network drive mount. We can browse and interact with it just fine in explorer.

However, one of our apps requires a 32-bit ODBC connection to that mounted drive. But I can't get the ODBC connection to set up to save my life. Steps I followed are below:

  1. Open 32-bit ODBC Data Source Administrator
  2. Click Add under User DSN
  3. Select MS Text Driver as the driver
  4. Click finish and add the DSN name
  5. Unclick Use Current Directory checkbox
  6. Click the Select Directory button
  7. The mounted drive is not listed as an option under drives, so I click the Network button

The next couple of steps I've tried two different scenarios:

  1. I select the mounted drive
  2. Under Folder I enter the folder path but the get an error saying that it uses SMB1, which is deprecated (I'm told it does not use SMB1)

8a. I leave the default choice for drive letter

9a. Under Folder I tried entering both [IP_Addr_Redacted]\rd\ups\out and Z:\out. Neither works and I just get a cannot connect error.

Any ideas? This is mission critical and we're at a loss.

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