| openSUSE Documentation Part IV. Services / Chapter 29. Sharing File Systems with NFS | ||||
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 | 28.5. Changing Passwords | 29.2. Importing File Systems with YaST |  | |
| openSUSE Documentation Part IV. Services / Chapter 29. Sharing File Systems with NFS | ||||
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| 28.5. Changing Passwords | 29.2. Importing File Systems with YaST | | |
Contents
Abstract
As mentioned in Chapter 26, Using NIS, NFS works with NIS to make a network transparent to the user. With NFS, it is possible to distribute file systems over the network. It does not matter at which terminal users are logged in. They always find themselves in the same environment.
Like NIS, NFS is a client/server system. A machine can be both—it can supply file systems over the network (export) and mount file systems from other hosts (import).
![[Important]](admon/important.png) | Need for DNS |
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In principle, all exports can be made using IP addresses only. To avoid time-outs, however, you should have a working DNS system. This is necessary at least for logging purposes, because the mountd daemon does reverse lookups. | |
If you want to configure your host as an NFS client, you do not need to install additional software. All packages needed to configure an NFS client are installed by default. To run an NFS server on your machine, you need to install additional software.
To install the NFS server software, start YaST and select +. Now choose + and select or use the option and search for “NFS Server”. Confirm the installation of the packages to finish the installation process.
