NFS Services Administrator's Guide (762805-001, March 2014)
nfs
Specifies that the filesystem type is NFS
-o
Enables you to use some of the specific options of the share command, such as sec,
async, public, and others.
-d
Enables you to describe the filesystem being shared
When NFS is restarted or the system is rebooted, the /etc/dfs/dfstab file is read and all
directories are shared automatically.
2. Share all the directories configured in the /etc/dfs/dfstab file without restarting the server
by using the following command:
shareall
This command reads the entries in the /etc/dfs/dfstab file and shares all the directories.
3. Verify that your filesystem is shared by entering the following command:
share
An output similar to the following output is displayed:
/home rw=Developers, ro= "home dirs"
All the directories that you have shared must be present in this list.
Manual Share
To share your directories manually, follow these steps:
1. Enter the following command to add a directory to the server’s internal list of shared directories:
share -F nfs directory_name
2. Enter the following command to verify if your filesystem is shared:
share
An output similar to the following output is displayed:
/tmp rw=hpdfs001.cup.hp.com ““
/mail rw ““
/var rw ““
The directory that you have shared must be present in this list.
For more information on the share command and a list of share options, see share_nfs(1M) and
share(1M).
NOTE: Prior to ONCplus version 11.31.16, when share command line length exceeded 4095
characters, further updates to the sharetab file resulted in failure.
n From ONCplus version 11.31.16 onwards, share command has been modified to limit the share
command line length to 4095 characters. Additionally, share command reports a warning message
when the share command line length exceeds 4095 characters. The 4095 character limit also
includes the 8 internally appended characters.
Examples for Sharing directories
This section discusses different examples for sharing directories.
• Sharing a directory with read-only access
share -F nfs -o ro /tmp
24 Configuring and administering NFS services