Setting up NFS

Installing the software

The ``nfs'' package is not one of those automatically included in the UnixWare installation process: you can change this setting using the installation menus, which allow packages to be selected or deselected as required.

If UnixWare has already been installed, you can add the Distributed File System (DFS) system using either the pkgadd(1M) utility, or the Application Installer utility (see ``Installing, managing, and removing software'' for details). Refer to ``Overview of DFS'' for more information on DFS.

In addition to installing the software packages, setting up the Network File System (NFS) involves the following tasks:

Setting up automatic sharing on servers
Setting up automatic mounting on clients
Starting NFS operation

NOTE: A machine can be both a server and a client -- both sharing local resources with remote machines and mounting remote resources. Throughout this NFS topic, we assume you are setting up your machine as both a server and a client. If you are setting up machines that are to be dedicated servers or clients, follow the instructions for sharing and mounting as appropriate.