Users authorized to do so can mount NFS directories from an NFS server into their own file trees. This can be achieved most easily using the YaST module NFS Client. Just enter the hostname of the NFS server, the directory to import, and the mount point at which to mount this directory locally. All this is done after Add is clicked in the first dialog. Click Open Port in Firewall to open the firewall to allow access to the service from remote computers. The firewall status is displayed next to the check box. Clicking Finish to saves your changes. See Figure 38.1, “NFS Client Configuration with YaST”.

This saves the changes to /etc/fstab and imports the specified file systems. When you start the client at a later point in time, it reads the information from this file.

An NFSv4 file system can currently only be imported manually. This is explained in Section 38.3, “Importing File Systems Manually”.

Figure 38.1. NFS Client Configuration with YaST