[OpenIndiana-discuss] Where can I find a full Walk thru setting up nfs4 from scratch

[Mark]

On 14/11/2011 1:11 p.m., Harry Putnam wrote:
> Running openindiana b 151a as vm guest on host win7
>
> Where can I find an up to date detailed description of setting up nfs4
> from scratch on a home lan zfs server with linux nfs4 clients.
>
> I've turned up loads of stuff googling, way too much to paw through it
> all.
>
> I'm running openindiana and have posted a similar request on that
> group.
>
> Some of the directions I've found insist on setting up nis.  Do I
> really need nis to be setup to share fs with nfs on a home lan?
>
> This is a home lan with no real internet address on the inner network,
> just a homemade 192.168.1.0/24 setup.  With a domain name of
> `local.lan'.
>
> I'm not sure how that effects how I setup nfs4.
>
> I need the most basic guidance on this... I do not have a working
> knowledge of nfs.
>
> Hopefully there is some url online for real greenhorns that describes
> how to do this in detail.
>
> When I start to edit /etc/default/nfs as described in some of the
> directions I've found I see:
>
>    # Moved to SMF. Use sharectl(1M) to manage NFS properties.
>
> So at least several of the guides I've run across are apparently out
> of date and insist on editing /etc/default/nfs.
>
> Hard to tell what guides hold water for modern solaris and offshoots.
>

If you can wait a few days, I can give you working configs for nfs4 on 
Centos to OI, since I have a few running that config at work.

I seem to recall that only a few settings are needed to make it all work.


Mark.