Specifications
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See “Creating a Share Point” on page 36, “Exporting an NFS Share Point” on page 43,
and “Automatically Mounting Share Points for Clients” on page 46.
When you export a share point, NFS service starts. When you delete exports, NFS
service stops. To see if NFS service is running, open Server Admin, select NFS from the
list of services for your server, and click Overview.
Before Setting Up NFS Service
Mac OS X v10.5 and later oers NFS with Kerberos, providing another secure le
sharing service. Secure access to NFS shared items is controlled by Kerberos, the client
software, and le permissions. NFS with Kerberos can be congured to only grant
access to shared volumes based on the IP address of a computer and a user’s single
sign-on credentials.
If your network has Mac OS X v10.4 and Mac OS X v10.6 computers, you can permit
authentication through system authentication and Kerberos (by setting the Minimum
Security option to Any) and then export your NFS share to World. This requires users in
a Kerberos realm to get a ticket-granting ticket from a single sign-on Kerberos server
before accessing NFS shared volumes, and still permits Mac OS X v10.4 computers to
access the NFS share point using system authentication.
If your network has only Mac OS X v10.6 computers, it is recommended that you set
the security to Kerberos authorization only.
Using NFS with Kerberos is the recommended way to congure secure access to les.
Turning On NFS Service
Before you can congure NFS settings, you must turn on NFS service in Server Admin.
To turn on NFS service:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click Settings, then click services.
3 Select the NFS checkbox.
4 Click Save.