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

[Mehmet Erol Sanliturk]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 1:29 AM, Mark <mark0x01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
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Thank you very much .

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk