Chapter 21. Network File System (NFS)

Chapter 21. Network File System (NFS)

21.1. Why Use NFS?
21.2. Mounting NFS File Systems
21.2.1. Mounting NFS File Systems using /etc/fstab
21.2.2. Mounting NFS File Systems using autofs
21.2.3. Using TCP
21.2.4. Preserving ACLs
21.3. Exporting NFS File Systems
21.3.1. Command Line Configuration
21.3.2. Hostname Formats
21.3.3. Starting and Stopping the Server
21.4. Additional Resources
21.4.1. Installed Documentation
21.4.2. Useful Websites
21.4.3. Related Books

Network File System (NFS) is a way to share files between machines on a network as if the files were located on the client's local hard drive. Red Hat Enterprise Linux can be both an NFS server and an NFS client, which means that it can export file systems to other systems and mount file systems exported from other machines.


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