Quick Client Setup Guide
- Acquire and install a recent distribution of Linux. To enable NLM lock recovery, ensure your client's host name, as returned by uname -n, matches the host name returned by DNS.
- The NLM protocol is handled by an in-kernel service in modern kernels, but the user-level rpc.statd program must be running to enable NLM lock recovery. Consult your distribution's documentation to determine which /etc/init.d start-up script is used to start it. Start the NSM daemon by invoking this script as root, using the "start" parameter. Consider adding this script to the list of scripts that are automatically run at system start-up. (Red Hat uses the chkconfig command for this purpose).
- Create the directories on your client where you will mount the NFS shares.
- Add entries in /etc/fstab corresponding to your mount points (man nfs for details).
- Use mount -a -t nfs to mount the NFS shares.
- During system boot-up, most distributions automatically mount NFS shares that are listed in /etc/fstab. If yours doesn't, check your distribution's documentation for instructions on how to configure your client to do this.
Frequently Asked Questions:
The Questions and Answers section is divided into categories as follows:
- Section A: About the NFS protocol
- Section B: Performance
- Section C: Common export configuration errors
- Section D: Commonly occurring error messages
- Section E: Using Linux NFS with alternate platforms
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