8.11. NFS References

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. For more information, see the following sources:

Installed Documentation

man mount — Contains a comprehensive look at mount options for both NFS server and client configurations.
man fstab — Provides detail 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://linux-nfs.org — The current site for developers where project status updates can be viewed.
http://nfs.sourceforge.net/ — The old home for developers which still contains a lot of useful information.
http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/ — An NFSv4 for Linux 2.6 kernel resource.
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.111.4086 — An excellent whitepaper on the features and enhancements of the NFS Version 4 protocol.

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