The client machine must be configured in
/etc/exports on the server machine and the NFS service must be started. You must also ensure that:
- the mount command is version 2.1 or later. To check the version, enter the following at a command prompt:
mount -V
- the NFS file system is supported. The
/proc/filesystems file should contain a line with an "nfs" string. If not, run the following command:
insmod nfs
The following steps describe how you mount the remote server directory on your client machine.
From a command prompt enter the following:
mount server:remote_dir local_dir
where:
- server is the IP address of the server with a running NFS service.
- remote_dir is the remote directory you want to mount on your client machine.
- local_dir is the local directory. It must already exist on the local machine.
For example:
mount 10.123.11.189:/home/user1/workspace /home/user1/mnt/