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NFS setup post

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In this article, there are 2 linux machines: desktop & laptop.

The desktop machine can be accessed via @IP or using desktop.local alias.

Host

 Install

sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server

Configure clients access to host share in /etc/exports :

/home  192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)

restart service:

 service nfs-kernel-server restart

Client

Install

sudo apt install nfs-common

Create a directory

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/nfs_share_desktop
sudo chown $USER: /mnt/nfs_share_desktop/

Mount

sudo mount desktop.local:/home/ben/ /mnt/nfs_share_desktop/

or via /etc/fstab:

desktop.local:/home               /mnt/nfs_share_desktop      nfs auto,nofail,noatime,nolock,intr,tcp,actimeo=1800 0 0

finally:

sudo mount -a    

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