NFS Server Configuration
You can configure the NFS server by editing the /etc/exports
file. This file is similar to the /etc/fstab
file in that it is used to set the permissions for the file systems being exported. The entries look like this:
/file/system yourhost(options) *.yourdomain.com(options) 192.168.0.0/24(options)
This shows three common clients to which to share /file/system
. The first, yourhost
, shares /file/system
to just one host. The second, .
yourdomain.com, uses the asterisk (*
) as a wildcard to enable all hosts in yourdomain.com to access /file/system
. The third share enables all hosts of the Class C network, 192.168.0.0, to access /file/share. For security, it is best not to use shares, such as the ...
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