NFS Services Administrator's Guide (B.11.31.03) August 2008

Sharing a directory with NFS Clients

Before you share your filesystem or directory, determine whether you want the sharing

to be automatic or manual. To share a directory with NFS clients, select one of the

following methods:

• Automatic Share

• Manual Share

Automatic Share

To share your directories automatically, follow these steps:

1. Add an entry to the /etc/dfs/dfstab file for each directory you want to share

with the NFS clients. Following is an example of an entry in the /etc/dfs/dfstab

file for the netgroup Developers. All the hosts that are part of the netgroup will

now have read and write permissions to the /home directory.

share -F nfs -o rw="Developers" -d "home dirs" /home

Where:

-F Specifies the filesystem type

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:

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:

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