Chapter 29. Remote Disk Access With NFS

In This Chapter

• NFS Operation Overview

• Installing nfs

• Scenario

• Configuring NFS on the Server

• Configuring NFS on the Client

• Activating Modifications to the /etc/exports File

• The NFS automounter

• Troubleshooting NFS

• Other NFS Considerations

• Conclusion

Samba is usually the solution of choice when you want to share disk space between Linux and Windows machines. The Network File System protocol (NFS) is used when disks need to be shared between Linux servers. Basic configuration is fairly simple, and this chapter will explain all the essential steps.