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howtos:network_services:nfs-quick_and_dirty_setup [2014/01/21 03:57 (UTC)] – Added title arfonhowtos:network_services:nfs-quick_and_dirty_setup [2019/10/08 04:38 (UTC)] (current) – Fix filename typo per Skaendo on LQ forum bassmadrigal
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 ====== NFS - Quick and Dirty Setup ====== ====== NFS - Quick and Dirty Setup ======
  
-Known to work on Slackware 14 14.1 \\ +Known to work on Slackware 1414.1 and 14.2 \\ 
  
 ====== Assumptions ====== ====== Assumptions ======
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 <code>vi /etc/exports</code> <code>vi /etc/exports</code>
 add: \\  add: \\ 
-<code>/nfs_share 192.168.1.1/24(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)</code>+<file sh /etc/exports>/nfs_share 192.168.1.1/24(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)</file>
  
 Start the NFS and RPC daemons \\  Start the NFS and RPC daemons \\ 
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 <code> vi /etc/fstab</code> <code> vi /etc/fstab</code>
 add: \\  add: \\ 
-<code>my.nfs.server:/nfs_share /mnt/nfs_share nfs rw,defaults 0 0</code>+<file sh /etc/fstab>my.nfs.server:/nfs_share /mnt/nfs_share nfs rw,defaults 0 0</file>
  
 **SEMI-AUTO-MOUNT** \\  **SEMI-AUTO-MOUNT** \\ 
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 <code> vi /etc/fstab</code> <code> vi /etc/fstab</code>
 add: \\  add: \\ 
-<code>my.nfs.server:/nfs_share /mnt/nfs_share nfs rw,noauto 0 0</code>+<file sh /etc/fstab>my.nfs.server:/nfs_share /mnt/nfs_share nfs rw,noauto 0 0</file>
 then when you want to mount, just run: \\  then when you want to mount, just run: \\ 
 <code>mount /mnt/nfs_share</code> <code>mount /mnt/nfs_share</code>
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 chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc
 /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd start /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd start
-/etc/rc.d/rpc start+/etc/rc.d/rc.rpc start
 exportfs -a</code> exportfs -a</code>
  
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 3) Remount the NFS share 3) Remount the NFS share
  
 +4) No Root Squash:
 +There are many options for NFS and I want to keep this article short but effective so I am leaving out many of the various configuration items that you could do. However there is one option that is worth mentioning, **no_root_squash**. By default NFS will downgrade any files created with the root permissions to the nobody user. This is a security feature that prevents privileges from being shared unless specifically requested.
 +If I create a file as the root user on the client on the NFS share, by default that file is owned by the nobody user.
 +<code>
 + root@client:~# touch /shared/nfs1/file2 
 + root@server:/nfs# ls -la file2
 + -rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 0 Nov 18 18:06 file2
 +</code>
 +Sometimes it is important to share files that are owned as root with the proper permissions, in these cases this can be done by simply adding the **no_root_squash** attribute to the **/etc/exports** configuration.
  
- +**Edit the /etc/exports file:** 
 +<code> 
 +/nfs_share 192.168.1.1/24(rw,sync,no_root_squash) 
 +</code>
 ====== Sources ====== ====== Sources ======
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