Linux NFS Utilities provides NFS utilities for Linux clients and servers.
Linux NFS Utilities are essential NFS (Network File System) utilities for Linux NFS clients and servers. The Linux NFS Utilities support NFS versions 2, 3, and 4 on 2.6 and later kernels. Additionally, NFS over UDP and TCP on IPv4 are supported on the latest 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. These utilities have been thoroughly tested against multiple non-Linux implementations.
The latest version of the NFS utilities tarball has changed the server export default to "sync". If no behavior is specified in the export list (thus assuming the default behavior), a warning will be generated at export time. If you plan to utilize NFS extensively, it is recommended to subscribe to one of the mailing lists, such as NFS Mailing List or AutoFS Mailing List. This allows you to search for similar issues in the searchable mail archive before reporting problems. Another searchable archive for NFS, supported by Google, is available. The AutoFS archive is also searchable.
A useful set of generic NFS references is included within the utilities, such as "NFS Illustrated" by Brent Callaghan, "Managing NFS and NIS, 2nd edition" by Hal Stern, Mike Eisler, Ricardo Labiaga, "Linux NFS and Automounter Administration" by Erez Zadok, and "Using the Linux NFS Client with Network Appliance Filers" by Charles Lever. Additionally, the "linux.org online library" contains many references.
For a quick setup of the Linux NFS Utilities client, follow these steps: acquire and install a recent distribution of Linux, set up the /etc/exports file (man exports for details), and consult your distribution's documentation to determine which /etc/init.d start-up script is used to start your server. Read the NFS How-To for advice on tuning and securing your server.
To set up the Linux NFS Utilities client, acquire and install a recent distribution of Linux. Ensure your client's hostname, as returned by uname -n, matches the hostname returned by DNS to enable NLM lock recovery. Create the directories on your client where you will mount the NFS shares and add entries in /etc/fstab corresponding to your mount points. Finally, use mount -a -t nfs to mount the NFS shares.
In the latest release of Linux NFS Utilities, there have been numerous bug fixes to the text-based mount code and the nfsstat command. Moreover, the mountstats python script has been added, and the gssd daemon has been enhanced. Finally, IPv6 support has been added, but it is currently turned off by default.
The latest version of the NFS utilities tarball has changed the server export default to "sync". If no behavior is specified in the export list (thus assuming the default behavior), a warning will be generated at export time. If you plan to utilize NFS extensively, it is recommended to subscribe to one of the mailing lists, such as NFS Mailing List or AutoFS Mailing List. This allows you to search for similar issues in the searchable mail archive before reporting problems. Another searchable archive for NFS, supported by Google, is available. The AutoFS archive is also searchable.
A useful set of generic NFS references is included within the utilities, such as "NFS Illustrated" by Brent Callaghan, "Managing NFS and NIS, 2nd edition" by Hal Stern, Mike Eisler, Ricardo Labiaga, "Linux NFS and Automounter Administration" by Erez Zadok, and "Using the Linux NFS Client with Network Appliance Filers" by Charles Lever. Additionally, the "linux.org online library" contains many references.
For a quick setup of the Linux NFS Utilities client, follow these steps: acquire and install a recent distribution of Linux, set up the /etc/exports file (man exports for details), and consult your distribution's documentation to determine which /etc/init.d start-up script is used to start your server. Read the NFS How-To for advice on tuning and securing your server.
To set up the Linux NFS Utilities client, acquire and install a recent distribution of Linux. Ensure your client's hostname, as returned by uname -n, matches the hostname returned by DNS to enable NLM lock recovery. Create the directories on your client where you will mount the NFS shares and add entries in /etc/fstab corresponding to your mount points. Finally, use mount -a -t nfs to mount the NFS shares.
In the latest release of Linux NFS Utilities, there have been numerous bug fixes to the text-based mount code and the nfsstat command. Moreover, the mountstats python script has been added, and the gssd daemon has been enhanced. Finally, IPv6 support has been added, but it is currently turned off by default.
What's New
Version 1.1.3: N/A