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

n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 at ntlworld.com
Fri Nov 6 23:20:43 UTC 2009


On 06/11/09 22:13, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> 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.
> 
I do hope you know that I made sure my configuration was more secure
than just that. Check out the hosts allowed and denied,

JB




More information about the fedora-list mailing list