NFS Server Setup

There are a few steps required to configure an nfs server:

nfs setup
/etc/hosts
/etc/exports
iptables
start nfs

And then we need to setup a client:

configure a client (I've configured Fedora Core 6 as an nfs client)

nfs setup

enable nfs and nfslock:

[root@wspace ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 nfs on
[root@wspace ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 nfslock on

verify the services are enabled:

[root@wspace ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --list nfs
nfs             0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
[root@wspace ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --list nfslock
nfslock         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off

I also set the default ports for nfs in an /etc/sysconfig/nfs file (I created the file). This makes setting the firewall rules later on much easier:
```
STATD_PORT=4001
LOCKD_TCPPORT=4002
LOCKD_UDPPORT=4002
MOUNTD_PORT=4003
```

hosts

# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost       wspace
192.168.1.103   bender

exports

Info from the Slackware Book

/home/media     bender(rw,root_squash)

iptables

After opening/configuring nfs as per http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=294069, I tweaked my firewall settings to only allow my client's IP address to access the various nfs and related daemons/ports:

# Firewall configuration written by system-config-securitylevel
# Manual customization of this file is not recommended.
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:RH-Firewall-1-INPUT - [0:0]
-A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
-A FORWARD -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 50 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 51 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp --dport 5353 -d 224.0.0.251 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 137 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 138 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT
# nfs ports, restricting just to bender
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 111 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 111 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 2049 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 2049 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 4001 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 4001 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 4002 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 4002 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 4003 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 4003 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 4004 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 4004 -s 192.168.1.103 -j ACCEPT
# end of nfs ports
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
COMMIT

start nfs

[root@wspace ~]# /sbin/service nfs start
[root@wspace ~]# /sbin/service nfslock start

linux, server

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