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What is NFS?

The NFS environment contains the following

components:
NFS server
A system that contains the file resources to be shared
with other systems on the network.
NFS client
A system that mounts the file resources shared over the
network and presents the file resources as if they were
local.

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Benefits of NFS

The benefits of an NFS include:

Centralized file access

Common software access

Easy to use

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NFS works ?

NFS
NFS A
B

Server
Server
192.168.0.253
192.168.0.253
/var/zoom
/var/zoom

Linux
Linux Linux
Linux
Client
Client A
Client B
Client

/nfs
/nfs /nfs
/nfs
User1 User2

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Requirements

Packages
portmap-4.0-63.i386.rpm
nfs-utils-1.0.6-46.i386.rpm
Port Numbers
2049 Nfsd
111 Portmap
Configuration File
/etc/exports
Service
portmap
nfs
Daemons
nfsd
mountd
statd
lockd

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NFS Configuration

NFS
NFS
Server
Server
192.168.0.253
192.168.0.253
/var/zoom
/var/zoom

Linux
Linux Linux
Linux
Client
Client Client
Client

/nfs
/nfs /nfs
/nfs

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Configuring NFS Server

Install
Installthe
thepackage
packageby
byusing
usingone
oneof
ofthe
theinstallation
installationmethods
methods
[root@comp1~]#
[root@comp1~]# mount 192.168.0.250:/var/ftp/pub/RedHat/RPMS/ /mnt
mount 192.168.0.250:/var/ftp/pub/RedHat/RPMS/ /mnt
[root@comp1 ~]# cd /mnt
[root@comp1 ~]# cd /mnt
[root@comp1
[root@comp1~]#
~]#rpm
rpm -ivh
-ivh nfs*
nfs* --force
--force --aid
--aid

Create
Createdirectory
directoryto
tobe
beshared
shared
[root@comp1~]#
[root@comp1~]#mkdir
mkdir/var/zoom
/var/zoom

Open
Openconfiguration
configurationfor
forediting
editing
[root@comp1~]# vi /etc/exports
[root@comp1~]# vi /etc/exports

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/etc/exports

To
Toadd
addthe
thebelow
below
/var/zoom
/var/zoom 192.168.0.0/255.255.255(ro,async)
192.168.0.0/255.255.255(ro,async)

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NFS Server

To
Torestart
restartthe
theNFS
NFSservices
services
[root@comp1 ~]# service nfs restart
[root@comp1 ~]# service nfs restart

To
Tocheck
checkNFS
NFS server
server
[root@comp1
[root@comp1~]#
~]#showmount
showmount -e-e <servername
<servername or
orserver
serverip>
ip>

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Configuring Client

Create
CreateMount
Mountpoint
pointon
onclient
client
[root@comp1 ~]# mkdir /nfs
[root@comp1 ~]# mkdir /nfs

Mount
Mountremote
remoteshared
sharedfilesystem
filesystemon
onlocal
localmount
mountpoint
point
[root@comp1
[root@comp1~]#
~]#mount
mount 192.168.0.253:/var/zoom
192.168.0.253:/var/zoom /nfs
/nfs
[root@comp1
[root@comp1~]#
~]#cd
cd /nfs
/nfs

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