NFS Administration
Before file systems or directories can be accessed (that is, mounted) by a client through NFS, they must be shared or, in older terminology, advertised. Once shared, authorized NFS clients can mount the resources.
![]() | Another term used for sharing NFS resources is exporting. This term appears occasionally in Solaris documentation but is most often seen as a directory name for NFS resources such as /export/home or /export/swap. |
Sharing NFS Resources
NFS resources can be shared using the share(1M) command and unshared using the unshare(1M) command. In addition, any resources identified in the /etc/dfs/dfstab file are automatically ...
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