Tested on Linux Mint 17 (Ubuntu 14.04 based)

Server Side

  • Install NFS server packages:

    sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server

  • Modify /etc/exports file to specify folders to share, add line:

    /media/user/folder 10.0.0.5 (rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)

    10.0.0.5 is the server IP address

  • Restart server

    sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart

  • Setup firewall rule

    sudo ufw allow in on eth0 from 10.0.0.0/24 to any port nfs

    note: this 24 is the netmask it is equivalent to a range 10.0.0.1 - 10.0.0.254

  • Check firewall rules in order

    sudo ufw numbered

  • Delete firewall rules if needed

    sudo ufw delete rule_number

Client Side

  • Install NFS client packages

    sudo apt-get install nfs-common

  • Make directories to mount nfs share

      cd /mnt/
  sudo mkdir nfs
  sudo chown user:user nfs
  cd nfs
  mkdir data
  cd data
  mount 10.0.0.6:/media/user/data .

    10.0.0.6 is the client IP address

  • Add shortcut in file explorer.



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