Configuration

To add an NFS share, click the Add button. The dialog box shown in Figure 2 will appear.

The Basic tab requires the following information:

Figure 2. Add Share

The General Options tab allows the following options to be configured:

The User Access tab allows the following options to be configured:

To edit an existing NFS share, select the share from the list, and click the Properties button. To delete an existing NFS share, select the share from the list, and click the Delete button.

After adding, modifying, or deleting shares, the nfs service must be restarted for the changes to take effect. To apply the changes to the configuration file and restart the service, click the Apply button. If the nfs service is not already running, you will be prompted to start the service. Select Yes to start the daemon. The daemon must be running to export the configured directories. The old configuration file will be saved as /etc/exports.bak, and the new configuration will be written to /etc/exports.

Red Hat NFS Server Configuration Tool reads and writes directly to the /etc/exports configuration file. Thus, the file can be modified manually after using the tool, and the tool can be used after modifying the file manually (provided the file was modified with correct syntax).