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. Consult the following sources for more
information.
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-<version-number>/
— Replace <version-number>
with the version number of the NFS package installed. This
directory contains a wealth of information about the NFS
implementation for Linux, including a look at various NFS
configurations and their impact on file transfer performance.
man mount — Contains a comprehensive
look at mount options for both NFS server and client
configurations.
man fstab — Gives details 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.
Managing NFS and NIS by Hal Stern, Mike
Eisler, and Ricardo Labiaga; O'Reilly & Associates — Makes
an excellent reference guide for the many different NFS export and
mount options available.
NFS Illustrated by Brent Callaghan;
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company — Provides comparisons of
NFS to other network file systems and shows, in detail, how NFS
communication occurs.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide; Red Hat, Inc. — The
Network File System (NFS) chapter explains
concisely how to set up an NFS clients and servers.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide; Red Hat, Inc. — The
Server Security chapter explains ways to
secure NFS and other services.
