NFS on Fedora 11 is working, want to know how, the easy way?

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Fri Nov 6 22:13:47 UTC 2009


n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote:
> Just a note to you Fedora folks out there. I have managed to set up a
> local LAN with NFS working without disabling the Firewall, (SELinux is
> set as permissive), and only requiring the changing of 2 files as all
> the other changes can be made using GUI configuration tools. My
> experience of setting this up found that the information available on
> the web was incomplete or patchy at best, and involved more manual
> editing of system files, (need to be careful here). Rest assured folks
> it really is not as hard as it may appear, (ok, I've been maintaining my
> Linux PC for ~6 years), so let me know if you want more details.
> 
I'm curious why you had to do anything tricky, other than opening the firewall 
for NFS and using the appropriate export options. I certainly don't ever turn 
off SElinux, it's the number one reason to run Fedora rather than Ubuntu.

Please share.

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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