Additional Resources

Administering an NFS server can be a challenge. Many options, including quite a few not mentioned in this chapter, are available for exporting or mounting NFS shares. Consult the following sources for more information.

Installed Documentation

/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-<version-number>/ - Replace <version-number> with the version number of the NFS package installed. This directory contains a wealth of information about the NFS implementation for Linux, including a look at various NFS configurations and their impact on file transfer performance.

man mount - Contains a comprehensive look at mount options for both NFS server and client configurations.

man fstab - Gives details for the format of the /etc/fstab file used to mount file systems at boot-time.
man nfs - Provides details on NFS-specific file system export and mount options.
man exports - Shows common options used in the /etc/exports file when exporting NFS file systems.

Useful Websites

http://nfs.sourceforge.net/ - The home of the Linux NFS project and a great place for project status updates.

http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/ - An NFSv4 for Linux 2.6 kernel resource.

http://www.nfsv4.org - The home of NFS version 4 and all related standards.
http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/NFSv4/NFSv4-no-rpcsec.html - Describes the details of NFSv4 with Centos Linux 2, which includes the 2.6 kernel.
http://www.sane.nl/events/sane2000/papers/pawlowski.pdf - An excellent whitepaper on the features and enhancements of the NFS Version 4 protocol.
http://wiki.autofs.net - The Autofs wiki, discussions, documentation and enhancements.