22. NFS: Sharing Directory Hierarchies

Objectives

After reading this chapter you should be able to:

• Describe the use, history, and architecture of NFS

• Mount remote NFS shares

• Configure an NFS server to share directories with specific clients

• Troubleshoot mount failures

• Set up automount to mount directories on demand

The NFS (Network Filesystem) protocol, a UNIX de facto standard developed ...

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