Administering an NFS server can be a challenge. Many options, including quite a few not mentioned in this chapter, are available for exporting or mounting NFS shares. Consult the following sources for more information.
/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-version
/
— This directory contains a wealth of information about the NFS implementation for Linux, including a look at various NFS configurations and their impact on file transfer performance.
man mount
— Contains a comprehensive look at mount options for both NFS server and client configurations.
man fstab
— Gives details for the format of the /etc/fstab
file used to mount file systems at boot-time.
man nfs
— Provides details on NFS-specific file system export and mount options.
man exports
— Shows common options used in the /etc/exports
file when exporting NFS file systems.