Managing Network File Systems in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

NFS Files

You need several files to support NFS activities on any system. Many of these files are in ASCII format, but some of the files are data files. The following table lists NFS files and their functions.

Table 7-1  NFS Files
File Name
Function
Man Page
/etc/default/fs
Specifies the default file system type for local file systems. You can determine the file system types that are supported on a client or server by checking the files in /kernel/fs.
fs (4) man page.
/etc/default/nfslogd
Specifies configuration information for the NFS server logging daemon, nfslogd.
/etc/dfs/dfstab
Obsolete: Specifies the local resources to be shared.
dfstab (4) man page.
/etc/dfs/fstypes
Specifies the default file system types for remote file systems. The first entry defines the NFS file system type as the default.
fstypes (4) man page.
/etc/dfs/sharetab
Specifies the local and remote resources that are shared. Do not edit this file.
/etc/mnttab
Specifies file systems that are currently mounted, including automounted directories. Do not edit this file.
mnttab (4) man page.
/etc/netconfig
Specifies the transport protocols. Do not edit this file.
/etc/nfs/nfslog.conf
Specifies general configuration information for NFS server logging.
/etc/nfs/nfslogtab
Specifies information for log post processing by the nfslogd daemon. Do not edit this file.
/etc/nfssec.conf
Specifies NFS security services.
/etc/rmtab
Specifies file systems that are remotely mounted by NFS clients. Do not edit this file.
rmtab (4) man page.
/etc/vfstab
Defines file systems to be mounted locally.
vfstab (4) man page.