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Do not change these parameters unless you know exactly what you are doing. For further
reference, read the man page of idmapd and idmapd.conf; man idmapd, man
idmapd.conf.
Starting and Stopping Services
After changing /etc/exports or /etc/sysconfig/nfs, start or restart the nfs
server service with rcnfsserver restart. After changing /etc/idmapd.conf,
reload the configuration file with the command killall -HUP rpc.idmapd.
If this service needs to start at boot time, run the command chkconfig nfsserver
on.
25.5.2 Exporting File Systems with NFSv2
and NFSv3
This is specific to NFSv3 and NFSv2 exports. Refer to Section 25.4.1, "Exporting for
NFSv4 Clients" (page 352) for exporting with NFSv4.
Exporting file systems with NFS involves two configuration files: /etc/exports
and /etc/sysconfig/nfs. A typical /etc/exports file entry is in the format:
/shared/directory host(list_of_options)
For example:
/export 192.168.1.2(rw,sync)
Here, the directory /export is shared with the host 192.168.1.2 with the option list
rw,sync. This IP address can be replaced with a client name or set of clients using a
wild card (such as *.abc.com) or even netgroups.
For a detailed explanation of all options and their meanings, refer to the man page of
exports (man exports).
After changing /etc/exports or /etc/sysconfig/nfs, start or restart the
NFS server using the command rcnfsserver restart.
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