Working Ninja | Setting Up an NFS Server

2016-11-02T20:35:11

Setting Up an NFS Server

Server
Install NFS server components:

# apt-get install nfs-kernel-server portmap

Add the "root" of all shares (if this is your only share, this should be all you need):

# echo "/home 192.168.1.0/24(ro,fsid=0)" >> /etc/exports

Add additional shares:

# echo "/home/joe 192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)" >> /etc/exports

Update NFS exports table:

# exportfs -avr

Restart NFS server:

# service nfs-kernel-server restart

Don't forget to allow NFS through iptables.

Client

# apt-get install nfs-common
# mount server:/share /share

Prosit!

Notes

Slow initial directory listing is caused by aliases (specifically color output). Explanation here: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7005969. Use \ls -la instead of ll as a workaround.