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* Edit file <tt>/etc/exports</tt>
* Edit file <tt>/etc/exports</tt>
<source lang="text">
<source lang="text">
/files 192.168.1.0/24(rw,no_root_squash,async) #Full RW permission, incl. root access
/files 192.168.1.0/24(rw,async) #Full RW permission, incl. root access
/files 192.168.1.2 (ro,async) #Single machine RO access
/files 192.168.1.2 (ro,async) #Single machine RO access
</source>
</source>
Add <code>no_root_squash</code> option to avoid remapping user root to nfsnobody ('''not recommended''').


* Restart the server
* Restart the server
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== Issues ==
== Issues ==
* Bad interferences between NFS Server and NTFS. Accessing files on a remote NTFS partition through NFS in unstable (''stale links''). Got complete system freeze.
* '''Stale NFS file handler''' on NTFS &mdash; Bad interferences between NFS Server and NTFS. Accessing files on a remote NTFS partition through NFS in unstable (''stale NFS file handler''). Got even complete system freeze.

Latest revision as of 20:42, 7 May 2017

This page is part of the Linux Disk Management pages.

Setting up an NFS Server

See howto here.

  • Install packages
sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server nfs-common portmap
  • Edit file /etc/exports
/files 192.168.1.0/24(rw,async)                   #Full RW permission, incl. root access
/files 192.168.1.2 (ro,async)                     #Single machine RO access

Add no_root_squash option to avoid remapping user root to nfsnobody (not recommended).

  • Restart the server
sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart
sudo exportfs -a                                # Also needed after making changes to /etc/exports

Setting up an NFS Client

  • Install client packages
sudo apt-get install portmap nfs-common

Issues

  • Stale NFS file handler on NTFS — Bad interferences between NFS Server and NTFS. Accessing files on a remote NTFS partition through NFS in unstable (stale NFS file handler). Got even complete system freeze.