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Sharing File Systems with NFS
As mentioned in
Chapter 35, Using NIS
network transparent to the user. With NFS, it is possible to distribute file systems over
the network. It does not matter at which terminal users are logged in. They always find
themselves in the same environment.
Like NIS, NFS is a client/server system. A machine can be both—it can supply file
systems over the network (export) and mount file systems from other hosts (import).
IMPORTANT: Need for DNS
In principle, all exports can be made using IP addresses only. To avoid time-
outs, however, you should have a working DNS system. This is necessary at
least for logging purposes, because the mountd daemon does reverse lookups.
38.1 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.
(page 653), NFS works with NIS to make a
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