In Linux, NFS Network File System settings and management-Linux Enterprise Application-Linux server application information. For more information, see the following section.
Introduction:
NFS was initially developed by Sun Microsytem in 1984. Its primary function is to allow UNIX computers on the network to share directories and files. We can mount the file system shared by the remote end to the local end, and then we can easily use the remote end file, however, operations are similar to local operations and won't be very different. NFS has many advantages, such as centralized file management and disk space saving.
Install NFS:
Most Linux Distribution will install NFS. In OpenLinux, NFS is composed of two RPM suites: nfs and nfs-server, nfs mainly includes the programs required by some clients, while nfs-server is mainly a daemon program of NFS Server.
Set NFS:
Configuration File:/etc/exports
File Format: File System [host] [Option]
Example:
