NFS file sharing

01 May, 2008

Here’s how you share files between two Linux machines, using NFS.

Installation

Go to the Synaptic Package Manager
Find nfs-kernel-server and install

Configuration in machine 1 (where the shared folder is)

Define the shares you want to provide

1sudo vi /etc/exports

Add your shares to the file

1/home/mach1user/Public *(ro,sync)
2/home/mach1user/Documents 100.000.00.01(ro,sync,no_subtree_check)
3/home/mach1user/Share 100.000.00.01/20(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)

Make your changes be known

1sudo exportfs -a

Configuration in machine 2 (where the shared folder are going to be accessed)

Create a folder, where the share will be mounted

1mkdir /home/mach2user/HomeNetwork/Public
2mkdir /home/mach2user/HomeNetwork/Documents
3mkdir /home/mach2user/HomeNetwork/Share

Mount the shares (the IP is from machine 1)

1sudo mount 100.000.0.05:/home/mach1user/Public /home/mach2user/HomeNetwork/Public
2sudo mount 100.000.0.05:/home/mach1user/Documents /home/mach2user/HomeNetwork/Documents
3sudo mount 100.000.0.05:/home/mach1user/Share /home/mach2user/HomeNetwork/Share

Make the shares available after rebooting

1sudo vi /etc/fstab

Add to the file (the IP is from machine 1)

1100.000.0.05:/home/mach1user/Public /home/mach2user/HomeNetwork/Public nfs ro,hard,intr 0 0
2100.000.0.05:/home/mach1user/Documents /home/mach2user/HomeNetwork/Documents nfs ro,hard,intr 0 0
3100.000.0.05:/home/mach1user/Share /home/mach2user/HomeNetwork/Share nfs ro,hard,intr 0 0

And that should do it.

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