How to Mount an NFS File System

1. Become superuser.

   Also, there must be a mount point on the local system to mount a file system. A mount point is a directory to which the mounted file system is attached.

2. Make sure the resource (file or directory) is available from a server.

   To mount an NFS file system, the resource must be made available on the server by using the share command. See System Administration Guide, Volume 3 for information on how to share resources.

3. Mount the NFS file system by using the mount command.

   # mount -F nfs [-o mount-options] server:/directory mount-point

   -o mount-options	Specifies mount options that you can use to mount an NFS file system. See Table 36-3 for the list of commonly used mount options or mount_nfs(1M) for a complete list of options.
   server:/directory	Specifies the server's host name that contains the shared resource, and the path to the file or directory to mount.
   mount-point	Specifies the directory on which to mount the file system.

Example--Mounting an NFS File System

The following example mounts the /export/packages directory on /mnt from the server pluto.

# mount -F nfs pluto:/export/packages /mnt