Re: How to configure a server for a NFS install

Noydb wrote:
> I am reading through the Linux+ Bible and in chapter 5 they mention an NFS
> install but cover it too briefly to even permit a guess how one might be
> arranged.
>
> I want to know how to setup the server (for any major distro) as well as how
> to arrange things on the client end.
>
> RTFM's welcomed if you can point me to the correct docs.
>
> Bill
>
1. Start RPC
2. Allow access to rpc.mountd in /etc/hosts/allow
3. Allow access to rpc.nfsd in /etc/hosts/allow
(test witch rpcinfo -p )
4. Define some mountpoints to be exported in /etc/exports
5. (Re)Start the nfs server

Hope it helps
y..o