8.11. NFS References
8.11. NFS References 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. For more information, see the following sources: Installed Documentation man mount - Contains a comprehensive look at mount options for both NFS server and client configurations. man fstab - Provides detail 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. Useful Websites http://linux-nfs.org - The current site for developers where project status updates can be viewed. http://nfs.sourceforge.net/ - The old home for developers which still contains a lot of useful information. http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/ - An NFSv4 for Linux 2.6 kernel resource. http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.111.4086 - An excellent whitepaper on the features and enhancements of the NFS Version 4 protocol. Related Books 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.