Sharing File Systems With Nfs; Installing The Required Software - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual

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Sharing File Systems with NFS

Distributing and sharing file systems over a network is a common task in corporate
environments. NFS is a proven system that also works together with the yellow pages
protocol NIS. For a more secure protocol that works together with LDAP and may also
be kerberized, check NFSv4.
NFS works with NIS to make a network transparent to the user. With NFS, it is possible
to distribute arbitrary file systems over the network. With an appropriate setup, users
always find themselves in the same environment independent of the terminal they cur-
rently use.

37.1 Installing the Required Software

To configure your host as an NFS client, you do not need to install additional software.
All packages needed to configure an NFS client are installed by default.
NFS server software is not part of the default installation. To install the NFS server
software, start YaST and select Software > Software Management. Now choose Filter
> Patterns and select Misc. Server or use the Search option and search for NFS
Server. Confirm the installation of the packages to finish the installation process.
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