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August 12, 2007, at 02:58 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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%blue%Man Pages:

[root@wordsworth ~]# man -k exports
exports (5) - NFS file systems being exported (for Kernel based NFS)
[root@wordsworth ~]# man -k rpcinfo
rpcinfo (8) - report RPC information

August 12, 2007, at 02:55 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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%blue%NMAP check

[root@wordsworth ~]# nmap localhost

Starting Nmap 4.11 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2007-08-12 20:23 IST
Interesting ports on localhost (127.0.0.1):
Not shown: 1668 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
21/tcp open ftp
22/tcp open ssh
53/tcp open domain
80/tcp open http
111/tcp open rpcbind
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
884/tcp open unknown
900/tcp open unknown
935/tcp open unknown
2049/tcp open nfs
3306/tcp open mysql

Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.321 seconds
[root@wordsworth ~]#

August 12, 2007, at 02:52 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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*The network file system is based on RPC, which allows the client to auto mount and access the file system. In RPC subroutines are executed on another address space, say on another computer.
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%blue%The network file system is based on RPC:

Which
allows the client to auto mount and access the file system. In RPC subroutines are executed on another address space, say on another computer.
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%blue%Telnet check

[root@wordsworth ~]# telnet localhost 2049
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
help
Connection closed by foreign host.

[root@wordsworth ~]# telnet localhost 111
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
help
^]
telnet> q
Connection closed.
[root@wordsworth ~]#
August 12, 2007, at 02:49 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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Reference:

*http://www.linuxconfig.org/HowTo_configure_NFS#Scenario
*http://centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-sag-en-4/s1-nfs-additional-resources.html
*http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch29_:_Remote_Disk_Access_with_NFS
August 12, 2007, at 02:47 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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or

echo "192.168.0.1:/data/itmission /media/itmission nfs defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
August 12, 2007, at 02:45 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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*Softwares that are needed.
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%blue%Softwares that are needed.
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%example%
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%blue%Server exports file

All NFS server exports need to be defined in /etc/exports file.
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/home/nfs/ 10.1.1.100(rw,sync,no_root_squash) export /home/nfs directory for host with IP 10.1.1.100 with read, write permissions, synchronized mode and the remote root user will not be treated as a root but as a default nfs user.
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*Start
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%blue%Start
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*Check if running or not
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%blue%Check if running or not
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*Manually Mounting NFS File Systems:

# mount -t nfs 192.168.0.1:/data/itmission /media/itmission

*Stats

[root@wordsworth ~]# nfsstat -s
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%blue%Manually Mounting NFS File Systems:

mount -t nfs 192.168.0.1:/data/itmission /media/itmission

%blue%Stats

[root@wordsworth ~]# nfsstat -s
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[root@wordsworth ~]# cat /etc/services |grep nfs
nfs 2049/tcp nfsd
nfs 2049/udp nfsd
[root@wordsworth ~]#
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[root@wordsworth ~]# cat /etc/services |grep nfs
nfs 2049/tcp nfsd
nfs 2049/udp nfsd
[root@wordsworth ~]#
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%blue%Restart NFS daemon or run command exportfs:

exportfs -ra
August 12, 2007, at 02:40 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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[root@wordsworth ~]# cat /etc/services |grep portmap
sunrpc 111/tcp portmapper # RPC 4.0 portmapper TCP
sunrpc 111/udp portmapper # RPC 4.0 portmapper UDP
rpc2portmap 369/tcp
rpc2portmap 369/udp # Coda portmapper
[root@wordsworth ~]#
August 12, 2007, at 02:39 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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*[root@wordsworth ~]# nfsstat -s
Server rpc stats:
calls badcalls badauth badclnt xdrcall
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*Stats

[root@wordsworth ~]# nfsstat -s
Server rpc stats:
calls badcalls badauth badclnt xdrcall
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[root@wordsworth ~]# cat /etc/services |grep nfs
nfs 2049/tcp nfsd
nfs 2049/udp nfsd
[root@wordsworth ~]#

August 12, 2007, at 02:37 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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*[root@wordsworth ~]# nfsstat -s
Server rpc stats:
calls badcalls badauth badclnt xdrcall
0 0 0 0 0
August 12, 2007, at 02:35 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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*Configuring NFS on The Server: The /etc/exports file is the main NFS configuration file, and it consists of two columns. The first part lists the networks or DNS domains that can get access to the directory, and the second part lists NFS options in brackets.
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*Configuring
NFS on The Server: The /etc/exports file is the main NFS configuration file, and it consists of two columns. The first part lists the networks or DNS domains that can get access to the directory, and the second part lists NFS options in brackets.
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%blue%Service needed to start:

* nfs, RPC, portmap, nfslock (NFS file locking to reduce the risk of corrupted data.)
# chkconfig --level 35 nfs on
# chkconfig --level 35 nfslock on
# chkconfig --level 35 portmap on

*Start
[root@wordsworth ~]# service portmap start
Starting portmap: [ OK ]
[root@wordsworth ~]# service nfs start
Starting NFS services: [ OK ]
Starting NFS quotas: [ OK ]
Starting NFS daemon: [ OK ]
Starting NFS mountd: [ OK ]
[root@wordsworth ~]# service nfslock start
Starting NFS statd: [ OK ]
[root@wordsworth ~]#

*Check if running or not

[root@wordsworth ~]# rpcinfo -p localhost
program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
100011 1 udp 881 rquotad
100011 2 udp 881 rquotad
100011 1 tcp 884 rquotad
100011 2 tcp 884 rquotad
100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
100003 3 udp 2049 nfs
100003 4 udp 2049 nfs
100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs
100021 1 udp 37666 nlockmgr
100021 3 udp 37666 nlockmgr
100021 4 udp 37666 nlockmgr
100021 1 tcp 59071 nlockmgr
100021 3 tcp 59071 nlockmgr
100021 4 tcp 59071 nlockmgr
100005 1 udp 897 mountd
100005 1 tcp 900 mountd
100005 2 udp 897 mountd
100005 2 tcp 900 mountd
100005 3 udp 897 mountd
100005 3 tcp 900 mountd
100024 1 udp 932 status
100024 1 tcp 935 status
[root@wordsworth ~]#


%blue%On Client Machine.

[root@wordsworth ~]# service netfs start
Mounting other filesystems: [ OK ]
[root@wordsworth ~]# service portmap start
Starting portmap: [ OK ]
[root@wordsworth ~]# service nfslock start
Starting NFS statd: [ OK ]

%blue%Mounting NFS with fstab

#/etc/fstab
#Directory Mount Point Type Options Dump FSCK
192.168.0.1:/data/itmission /media/itmission nfs soft,nfsvers=2 0 0

*Manually Mounting NFS File Systems:

# mount -t nfs 192.168.0.1:/data/itmission /media/itmission

August 12, 2007, at 02:20 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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[root@wordsworth ~]#
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*RPC portmap package is needed.

*Configuring NFS on The Server: The /etc/exports file is the main NFS configuration file, and it consists of two columns. The first part lists the networks or DNS domains that can get access to the directory, and the second part lists NFS options in brackets.

%example%

#/etc/exports
/data/itmission *(ro,sync)
/home 192.168.0.0/24(rw,sync)
/data/itmission1 *.itmission.org(rw,sync)
/data/itmission2 192.168.1.203/32(rw,sync)

*Read-only access to the /data/itmission directory to all networks
*Read/write access to the /home directory from all servers on the 192.168.1.0 /24 network, which is all addresses from 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255
*The sync option to ensure that file data cached in memory is automatically written to the disk after the completion of any disk data copying operation.
August 12, 2007, at 02:14 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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*Softwares that are needed.

[root@wordsworth ~]# rpm -qa | grep nfs
nfs-utils-lib-1.0.6-8
nfs-utils-1.0.6-80.EL4
system-config-nfs-1.2.8-1
[root@wordsworth ~]# rpm -q portmap
portmap-4.0-63
[root@wordsworth ~]#
August 12, 2007, at 12:10 PM by 125.21.38.34 -
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*The network file system is based on RPC, which allows the client to auto mount and access the file system. In RPC subroutines are executed on another address space, say on another computer.

[root@wordsworth ~]# cat /proc/filesystems
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