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Configure a Network File System (NFS) and Export a File System on Linux
This lab is a practice lab on Network File System, or NFS. In this lab, we'll configure an NFS server, create a directory to be exported, and export the directory to another server.

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Challenge
Install, Start, and Enable NFS
Install the
nfs-utils
package. Then, start and enable the NFS server service. -
Challenge
Create a Read-Only Directory Named /engineering
Create a directory named
/engineering
. Change the permissons of the/engineering1
directory to read-only. -
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Configure the Exported Directory
Congifure the NFS export in the
/etc/exports
file. Set the directory to be exported as read-only. Export the/engineering
file system to the network. Then, verify the directory has been exported.
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