Mapping with NFS

The IPBrick server, by default, is setup to block NFS clients connections that are not from other IPBrick servers (MASTER, SLAVE or CLIENT).

The new share may be accessed via a windows machine (Network Neighborhood, \\server\share) but it can also be accessed by NFS (to be used/mapped by Linux Machines).

Note: Windows 7 already includes an NFS client.

In order to allow other linux clients to work in the same way, by using NFS, it is neccessary to follow both these procedures;

At the Server:

1. Register the desired Linux workstations at IPBrick.I -> Machines Management as Linux Workstation
2. Configure the shares (usually at home1 or home2)

At the Workstation:

1. Map the folder /home1/_shares (and/or /home2/_shares) nin the local structure, eg: /nfsshares/h1 (and/or /nfsshares/h2)
   

   Note: This could be done via the local fstab by typing these commands:

    su - root
    mkdir /nfsshares
    mkdir /nfsshares/h1 /nfsshares/h2
    vi /etc/fstab
    (...)
    /nfsshares/h1     SERVER_IP:/home1/_shares     nfs    defaults    0  2
    /nfsshares/h2     SERVER_IP:/home2/_shares     nfs    defaults    0  2
   

2. After authenticating themselves, at the workstation (LDAP client), users may access the shares by browsing through the /nfsshares folders.