Checklist for configuring NFS

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After the NFS software is installed on your systems, you are ready to configure NFS. Follow these steps to configure NFS.

The CryptoLite in C (CLiC) kernel library must be installed before configuring NFS to use the following types of security:
  • krb5
  • krb5i
  • krb5p

Each step is described in greater detail below.

  1. Determine which systems in the network are to be servers and which are to be clients (a system can be configured as both a server and a client).
  2. Determine what version of NFS you are going to use.
  3. Decide whether you are going to use RPCSEC-GSS security. If so, refer to considerations in Setting up a network for RPCSEC-GSS.
  4. For each system (whether client or server), follow the instructions in Start the NFS daemons at system startup.
  5. For each NFS server, follow the instructions in Configuring an NFS server.
  6. For each NFS client, follow the instructions in Configuring an NFS client.
  7. If you want personal computers on your network to have access to your NFS servers (beyond being able to mount file systems), configure PC-NFS by following the instructions in PC-NFS.
  8. If NFS version 4 use is planned, refer to considerations in NFS version 4 support.