NFS (Network File System) client allows
you to access shared directory from Linux client. The computer sharing
the directory is called the NFS server (it can be NAS server too) and
the computers or devices connecting to that server are called clients.
The clients need to use the mount command to access the shared
directory.
Ubuntu NFS
You need to install nfs-command package as follows (open terminal and type the following command):
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nfs-common
Sample outputs:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libgssglue1 libnfsidmap2 librpcsecgss3 portmap The following NEW packages will be installed: libgssglue1 libnfsidmap2 librpcsecgss3 nfs-common portmap 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 333kB of archives. After this operation, 1,126kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libgssglue1 0.1-4 [22.4kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libnfsidmap2 0.23-2 [29.1kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main librpcsecgss3 0.19-2 [33.1kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main portmap 6.0.0-1ubuntu2 [37.2kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main nfs-common 1:1.2.0-4ubuntu4 [212kB] Fetched 333kB in 3s (95.3kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package libgssglue1. (Reading database ... 161647 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libgssglue1 (from .../libgssglue1_0.1-4_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libnfsidmap2. Unpacking libnfsidmap2 (from .../libnfsidmap2_0.23-2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package librpcsecgss3. Unpacking librpcsecgss3 (from .../librpcsecgss3_0.19-2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package portmap. Unpacking portmap (from .../portmap_6.0.0-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package nfs-common. Unpacking nfs-common (from .../nfs-common_1%3a1.2.0-4ubuntu4_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up libgssglue1 (0.1-4) ... Setting up libnfsidmap2 (0.23-2) ... Setting up librpcsecgss3 (0.19-2) ... Setting up portmap (6.0.0-1ubuntu2) ... portmap start/running, process 4193 Setting up nfs-common (1:1.2.0-4ubuntu4) ... Creating config file /etc/idmapd.conf with new version Creating config file /etc/default/nfs-common with new version Adding system user `statd' (UID 116) ... Adding new user `statd' (UID 116) with group `nogroup' ... Not creating home directory `/var/lib/nfs'. statd start/running, process 4416 gssd stop/pre-start, process 4441 idmapd stop/pre-start, process 4469 Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Task: See The List Of All Shared Directories
Type the following command:
$ showmount -e server-Ip-address
$ showmount -e 192.168.1.1
Sample outputs from my 192.168.1.1 NFS server:
Export list for 192.168.1.1: /viveks /Web /Usb /Recordings /Public /Network Recycle Bin 1 /Multimedia /Download
Task: Mount Shared Directory
Now mount /viveks directory as follows>:
$ sudo mkdir /nfs
$ sudo mount -o soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 192.168.1.1:/viveks /nfs
$ df -h
Sample outputs:
/dev/sda5 477G 25G 428G 6% / none 4.2G 398k 4.2G 1% /dev none 4.2G 377k 4.2G 1% /dev/shm none 4.2G 230k 4.2G 1% /var/run none 4.2G 0 4.2G 0% /var/lock none 4.2G 0 4.2G 0% /lib/init/rw 192.168.1.1:/viveks 491G 208M 491G 1% /nfs
How do I Access My Files Using NFS?
Just go to mount point i.e. /nfs directory with the cd command:
cd /nfs
ls
gedit file.c
How Do I Mount NFS Automatically After Reboot?
Edit /etc/fstab, enter:
$ sudo vi /etc/fstab
OR use gui text editor such as gedit:
$ sudo gedit /etc/fstab
Append the following line:
192.168.1.1:/viveks /nfs nfs soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192
Save and close the file.
How Do I Remove Mounted NFS Directory (unmount NFS)?
Type the following command:
$ cd
$ sudo umount /nfs
$ df -H
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Thanks for this helpful tutorial! I’ve gone through about ten tutorials and this is the one that finally solved it for me. I didn’t realise that I had the NFS share name incorrect, but your step above to list that share fixed that for me.
Fantastic article, still helping people 9 years after you wrote it!
how can one browse the contents of an NFS share without mounting it? [ubuntu nfs client]
Try this
showmount -e
This displays all of the nfs shares on that server/computer
Matt.
bigj, your sharemount script works great! I’m running lubuntu w/wifi and NFS shares. I had some .bash login/logout scripts on 11.10, but it wouldn’t allow my pc to sleep/suspend.
Hi ,
I Created a NFS share in windows 2008 and i tried to mount it as in tutorial, everything went fine but when i access the directory it says “bash: cd: /nfs: Permission denied”
I am able to see that mount using df -h.
Please help..
Thanks in advance
Thank You Very Much :))))
Terminal produced this:
tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $ showmount -e 192.168.2.149
Export list for 192.168.2.149:
/DataVolume/tvin *
/DataVolume/Public *
/DataVolume/Download *
/DataVolume/acarburak *
tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $ sudo mkdir /nfs
mkdir: cannot create directory `/nfs’: File exists
tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $ sudo mount -o soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=192.168.2.149:/DataVolume/public /nfs
mount: can’t find /nfs in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $ df -h
Can anyone help?
/nfs seems like a file. Try it as follows:
Thank you, but Terminal doesn’t accept my passwd anymore, all of a sudden (I guess).
sudo will prompt for password once in every 5 mintues. Run the df command to verify that nfs is mounted at /nfs2
No, it’s not.
tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 18263168 4084516 13250920 24% /
none 484552 700 483852 1% /dev
none 495360 248 495112 1% /dev/shm
none 495360 372 494988 1% /var/run
none 495360 0 495360 0% /var/lock
/dev/sdb3 692358132 614644 691743488 1% /media/MEDYA
/dev/sdb2 39062500 26080056 12982444 67% /media/OS X
/dev/sda2 57617188 26519600 31097588 47% /media/NOSI
tvin@tvin-Macmini ~ $
This is by far the best HowTo I ever seen for mounting NFS shares on ubuntu.
Thanks dude 🙂