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localdata -fstype=nfs server1:/data
nfs4mount -fstype=nfs4 server2:/
Activate the settings with rcautofs start. For this example, /nfsmounts/
localdata, the /data directory of server1, is then mounted with NFS and
/nfsmounts/nfs4mount from server2 is mounted with NFSv4.
If the /etc/auto.master file is edited while the service autofs is running, the au-
tomounter must be restarted for the changes to take effect. Do this with rcautofs
restart.
38.3.3 Manually Editing /etc/fstab
A typical NFS mount entry in /etc/fstab looks like this:
host:/data /local/path nfs rw,noauto 0 0
NFSv4 mounts may also be added to the /etc/fstab file manually. For these mounts,
use nfs4 instead of nfs in the third column and make sure that the remote file system
is given as / after the host: in the first column. The advantage of saving this informa-
tion in /etc/fstab is that commands for mounting can be shortened to just mention-
ing the local mount point alone, for example:
mount /local/path

38.4 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-
cations to all members of a group without installing them locally on each and every
host. To install such a server, start YaST and select Network Services > NFS Server. A
dialog like that in Figure 38.2, "NFS Server Configuration Tool" (page 724) opens.
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