NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NFS Services
Configuring and Administering an NFS Server
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Figure 2-1 Symbolic Links in NFS Mounts
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
NFS Server NFS Client
/
/share
/dir1
/file1
/nonshare
/link
/file2
/
/nfs
/dir1
/file1 /link
/file2?
Symbolic Link
Where is