CONFIGURE NFS SERVER IN RHEL6

CONFIGURE NFS SERVER IN RHEL6

SERVER SIDE CONFIGURATION

[root@gagan ~]#  yum –y install nfs*

[root@gagan ~]#  vi /etc/exports

#(Insert the following entry)

/home 192.168.0.0/24(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_all_squash)

# options

# /home  = shared directory.

# 192.162.0.0/24  = Range of the network which nfs will

# grant access to.

# rw = Read and write access.

# ro = Read only access.

# sync = synchronize

# no_root_squash  = enables root access and privilege.

# no_all_squash   = enables user access.

[root@gagan ~]#  service nfslock restart

[root@gagan ~]#  service nfs restart

[root@gagan ~]#  chkconfig nfslock on

[root@gagan ~]#  chkconfig nfs on

CLIENT CONFIGURATION

[root@anjana ~]#  yum –y install nfs*

[root@anjana ~]#  service nfslock restart

[root@anjana ~]#  service netfs restart

[root@anjana ~]#  chkconfig nfslock on

[root@anjana ~]#  chkconfig netfs on

[root@anjana ~]#  mount –t nfs 192.168.0.63:/home /home

[root@anjana ~]#  df –h

o    nfs — (/sbin/service nfs start) starts the NFS server and the appropriate RPC processes to service requests for shared NFS file systems.

o    nfslock — (/sbin/service nfslock start) is a mandatory service that starts the appropriate RPC processes to allow NFS clients to lock files on the server.

[root@anjana ~]#  vi /etc/fstab

# insert the following entry in the fstab file

192.168.0.63:/home   /home       nfs        defaults,_netdev           1 1

[root@anjana ~]#  mount-a