SBDavid
Oct 5th, 2009
Oct 5th, 2009
Common NFS Syntax Errors
Common NFS Syntax Errors
The NFS server determines which file systems to export and which hosts to export these direct-
ories to via the /etc/exports file.
Be careful not to add extraneous spaces when editing this file.
For instance, the following line in the /etc/exports file shares the directory /tmp/nfs/ to the host serverbuddies.example.com with read/write permissions.
/tmp/nfs/ serverbuddies.example.com(rw)
This line in the /etc/exports file, on the other hand, shares the same directory to the host serverbuddies.example.com with read-only permissions and shares it to the world with read/write permis-sions due to a single space character after the hostname.
/tmp/nfs/ serverbuddies.example.com (rw)
It is good practice to check any configured NFS shares by using the showmount command to verify what is being shared:
showmount -e [hostname]
