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Summary

This classic howto was written in 2002, but it is still a must-read howto for any Linux professionals today.It will guide you how to set up NFS clients and servers. This is a book you should have on your bookshelf.

Table of Contents

1. 1. Preamble
2. 1.1. Legal stuff
3. 1.2. Disclaimer
4. 1.3. Feedback
5. 1.4. Translation
6. 1.5. Dedication
7. 2. Introduction
8. 2.1. What is NFS?
9. 2.2. What is this HOWTO and what is it not?
10. 2.3. Knowledge Pre-Requisites
11. 2.4. Software Pre-Requisites: Kernel Version and nfs-utils
12. 2.5. Where to get help and further information
13. 3. Setting Up an NFS Server
14. 3.1. Introduction to the server setup
15. 3.2. Setting up the Configuration Files
16. 3.3. Getting the services started
17. 3.4. Verifying that NFS is running
18. 3.5. Making changes to /etc/exports later on
19. 4. Setting up an NFS Client
20. 4.1. Mounting remote directories
21. 4.2. Getting NFS File Systems to Be Mounted at Boot Time
22. 4.3. Mount options
23. 5. Optimizing NFS Performance
24. 5.1. Setting Block Size to Optimize Transfer Speeds
25. 5.2. Packet Size and Network Drivers
26. 5.3. Overflow of Fragmented Packets
27. 5.4. NFS over TCP
28. 5.5. Timeout and Retransmission Values
29. 5.6. Number of Instances of the NFSD Server Daemon
30. 5.7. Memory Limits on the Input Queue
31. 5.8. Turning Off Autonegotiation of NICs and Hubs
32. 5.9. Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Behavior in NFS
33. 5.10. Non-NFS-Related Means of Enhancing Server Performance
34. 6. Security and NFS
35. 6.1. The portmapper
36. 6.2. Server security: nfsd and mountd
37. 6.3. Client Security
38. 6.4. NFS and firewalls (ipchains and netfilter)
39. 6.5. Tunneling NFS through SSH
40. 6.6. Summary
41. 7. Troubleshooting
42. 7.1. Unable to See Files on a Mounted File System
43. 7.2. File requests hang or timeout waiting for access to the file.
44. 7.3. Unable to mount a file system
45. 7.4. I do not have permission to access files on the mounted volume.
46. 7.5. When I transfer really big files, NFS takes over all the CPU cycles on the server and it screeches to a halt.
47. 7.6. Strange error or log messages
48. 7.7. Real permissions don't match what's in /etc/exports.
49. 7.8. Flaky and unreliable behavior
50. 7.9. nfsd won't start
51. 7.10. File Corruption When Using Multiple Clients
52. 8. Using Linux NFS with Other OSes
53. 8.1. AIX
54. 8.2. BSD
55. 8.3. Tru64 Unix
56. 8.4. HP-UX
57. 8.5. IRIX
58. 8.6. Solaris
59. 8.7. SunOS