NFS

[Jeff Hagstrom]

How do I NFS mount a directory so that 2 different machines an access the directory?

[Byron Myers]

On the server exporting the NFS directory:
place exported directory in /etc/exports. Example: on nfshost /var/mydir -access=host1:host2
This allows only host1 and host1 machines to NFS mount /var/mydir.

ON host1 and host2, edit /etc/fstab to something like: "nfshost:/var/mydir /local/mydir nfs rw,suid,soft,timeo=14 0 0" where nfshost is the hostname of the NFS server above.

Also make sure NFS server is running on "nfshost" and NFS clients are running on "host1" and "host2" above. See /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf to activate NFS server and client at boot.

[Santosh Nair_1]

On the NFS server side, make sure NFS_SERVER is set to 1 and make sure the nfs daemons are running. Edit the /etc/exports on this machine and then run exportfs -a

On the NFS client side, make sure NFS_CLIENT is set to 1 and make sure the daemons are running. Then edit /etc/fstab, make the mount point directories and do a mountall.

If all is okay, then the filesystems you exported from the server should be mounted on the client.

-Santosh

[Jeff Hagstrom]

I am getting a Permission Denied message when i try to run # mount -aF nfs .

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Jeff,

You can configure the NFS Server, NFS client, directory export from NFS server server and Mounting exported directories at the client using SAM.

On the Server from where you want to export the directories which should get mounted by clients, use sam to configure the NFS server server capability and export the directory or filesystem.

On the system you want to mount these directories using Sam enable the NFS Client capability and If you want to mount the direcories automatically at the system boot, add them into /etc/fstab using sam.

If on the other hand you want to mount these direcotories as and when required, use the mount command on the command prompt to mount these directory/directories.

hope this helps.

thanks

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi Jeff:

I suspect what is missing on your NFS clients is the mountpoint. Create a mountpoing via mkdir /remotefs1. The mount -F nfs remote_host:/remote_fs /remotefs1.

You must also edit /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf on both the clients and the server and set NFS_CLIENT=1 and NFS_SERVER=1. You should make sure that you can resolve hostnames in both directions. You can then start the services manually, via SAM, or simply reboot.

Once you can mount manually, you can then either make /etc/fstab entries on the clients or setup the automounter on the clients.

Clay

[Sachin Patel · Accepted solution]

Hi
on server: if you are exporting /home
1.edit /etc/exports on server
/home
2.edit /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf
NFS_SERVER=1
3.start nfs server
#/etc/rc2.d/K900nfs.sever start
4 #exportfs -ev (to export filesystems)

On client
1. cd /
2. mkdir tmp_home
3. edit /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf
NFS_CLIENT=1
4. start nfs client
#/sbin/rc2.d/S430nfs.client start
5. mount server:/home /tmp_home

man shoumount. useful command.

Sachin