Red Hat NFS Server Configuration Tool

Tammy Fox

tfox@redhat.com


Table of Contents
Introduction
Configuration
Hostname Formats
Submitting Bugs

Introduction

Network File System (NFS) is a way to share files between machines on a network as if the files were located on the client's local hard drive. Red Hat Linux can be both an NFS server and an NFS client, which means that it can export file systems to other systems and mount file systems exported from other machines.

The Red Hat NFS Server Configuration Tool can be used to configure a system as an NFS server. To use the Red Hat NFS Server Configuration Tool, you must by running the X Window System. To start the application, select Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Server Settings => NFS Server, or type the command redhat-config-nfs.