Installing nfs
Red Hat Linux installs nfs by default, and also by default nfs is activated when the system boots. You can determine whether you have nfs installed using the RPM command in conjunction with the grep command to search for all installed nfs packages:
[root@bigboy tmp]# rpm -qa | grep nfs
redhat-config-nfs-1.1.3-1
nfs-utils-1.0.1-3.9
[root@bigboy tmp]#
A blank list means that you'll have to install the required packages.
You also need to have the RPC portmap package installed, and the rpm command can tell you whether it's on your system already. When you use rpm in conjunction with grep, you can determine all the portmap applications installed:
[root@bigboy tmp]# rpm -q portmap
portmap-4.0-57
[root@bigboy tmp]#
A blank list means that you'll have to install the required packages.
If nfs and portmap are not installed, they can be added fairly easily once you find the nfs-utils and portmap RPMs. (If you need a refresher, see Chapter 6, "Installing RPM Software.") Remember that RPM filenames usually start with the software's name and a version number, as in nfs-utils-1.1.3-1.i386.rpm.
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