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Network Files System (NFS) is a protocol that let’s one Linux box (NFS server) to share a folder with another Linux box (NFS Client). On the NFS client this shared folder looks like just an ordinary folder. NFS only works in an internal network so you can share folders over the public internet.
The NFS setups we’ve covered so far didn’t have any authentication or encryption setup. To some extent that wasn’t needed since NFS only works inside internal networks. However it is possible to setup authentication+encryption using Kerberos.
Network Files System (NFS) is a protocol that let’s one Linux box (NFS server) to share a folder with another Linux box (NFS Client). On the NFS client this shared folder looks like just an ordinary folder. NFS only works in an internal network so you can share folders over […]
If you have directories on your machine that you want to share out to other machines then you can do this by setting up your system as an NFS server.