Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows a user on a system (client) to access files over a network in a manner similar to how local storage is accessed. In one of our earlier tutorials, [...]
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Linux NFS Mount Entry in fstab ( /etc/fstab ) with Example
NFS stands for ‘Network File System’. This mechanism allows unix machines to share files and directories over the network. Using this feature, a Linux machine can mount a remote directory (residing in a NFS server machine) just like a local [...]
Find Detailed NFS Mount Options in Linux
This tutorial, I will discuss the different NFS mount options you have to perform on nfs client. NFS is a client and server architecture based protocol, developed by Sun Microsystems. The main purpose of this protocol is sharing file/file systems [...]
Hard Mount vs Soft Mount in NFS with Example
Using NFS protocol, the NFS client can mount the filesystem existing on a NFS server, just like a local filesystem. NFS mount can be done in either as a soft mount or hard mount. These mount options define how the NFS [...]
3 Ways to Force Unmount in Linux Showing “device is busy”
In some situations when you try to unmount a filesystem especially NFS, it displays 'device is busy' message. This happens often when the NFS server has some issues (mainly unreachable) and you have a soft NFS mount. There are different [...]