NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NFS Services

Configuring and Administering NFS Clients

Chapter 274

Following are the tasks involved in configuring and administering an

NFS client.

• Configuring the NFSv4 Client Protocol Version (Optional)

• Deciding Between Standard-Mounted Directories and Automounted

Directories (Required)

• Enabling an NFS Client (Required)

• Mounting Remote Directories (Required)

• Changing the Default Mount Options (Optional)

• Unmounting (Removing) a Mounted Directory (Optional)

• Disabling NFS Client Capability (Optional)

Configuring the NFSv4 Client Protocol Version

IMPORTANT The nfsmapid daemon must be running on both the NFS server and the

client to use NFSv4. For more information on how to configure the

NFSv4 server protocol version, see “Configuring the NFSv4 Server

Protocol Version” on page 48.

By default, the version of the NFS protocol used between the client and

the server is the highest one available on both systems. On HP-UX 11i

v3, the default maximum protocol version of the NFS server and client is

3. The default minimum protocol version of the NFS server and client is

To configure the NFS client to enable it to mount filesystems using

protocol version 4 (NFSv4), follow this step:

Set the value of the

NFS_CLIENT_VERSMAX

variable to 4 in the

/etc/default/nfs file, as follows:

NFS_CLIENT_VERSMAX = 4

The

NFS_CLIENT_VERSMAX

variable specifies the maximum version of

the NFS protocol for communication.