NFS, or Network File System, is a server-client protocol for sharing

files between computers on a common network.

NFS enables you to mount a file system on a remote computer as if it

were local to your own system. You can then directly access any of the

files on that remote file system. The server and client do not have to

use the same operating system. The client system just needs to be

running an NFS client compatible with the NFS server.

SERVER CONFIGURATION

IP Add: 192.168.0.254

Step1: Three rpm’s are required to configure nfs server i.e nfs,

portmap, xinetd check them if not found then install.

Step2: Now, restart xinetd and portmap service.

Step3:To keep on these services after reboot on then

via chkconfig command

Step4: Check the status of the below services.

Step5: Now create a /data directory and grant full permission to it.

Step6: Now open /etc/exports file

Step7: share data folder for the network of 192.168.0.0/24 with read

and writes access

Step8: save file with :wq and exit Step9: Now restart the nfs service and also on it with chkconfig

.

Step10: Restart nfs daemons with expotfs

Step11: Verify with showmount command that you have successfully

shared data folder

CLIENT CONFIGURATION

Step1: Check the show mount information.

Step2: TEMPORARY MOUNTINGNow mount this share folder on mnt mount

point. To test this share folder change directory to mnt and create

a test file

Step3: After use you should always unmount from mnt mount point

Step4: PERMANENT MOUNTINGIn this way you can use shared folder. But this share folder will be available till system is up/running.To keep it available after reboot make its entry in fstab. Create a mount pointmkdir /temp, by making a directory

Step5: save the with :wq and exit reboot the system

Step6: After reboot check /temp directory it should show all

the shared data