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Figure 39.1 NFS Client Configuration with YaST
39.2 Importing File Systems Manually
File systems can easily be imported manually from an NFS server. The only prerequisite
is a running RPC port mapper, which can be started by entering the command
rcportmap start as root. Once this prerequisite is met, remote file systems ex-
ported on the respective machines can be mounted in the file system just like local hard
disks using the command mount with the following syntax:
mount host:remote-pathlocal-path
If user directories from the machine sun, for example, should be imported, use the fol-
lowing command:
mount sun:/home /home
39.3 Exporting File Systems with YaST
With YaST, turn a host in your network into an NFS server—a server that exports di-
rectories and files to all hosts granted access to it. This could be done to provide appli-
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