5.3. Mounting an NFS Network Filesystem

Before you can mount a filesystem from another UNIX server, that server must be configured to export the directory that you want to mount using NFS. For details on how to export a directory using Webmin, see Chapter 6.

Assuming the directory that you want to mount has been exported properly, you can follow the following steps to mount it on your system:

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On the main page of the Disk and Network Filesystems module, select Network Filesystem from the dropdown box of filesystem types, and click the Add mount button. A form will appear, as shown in Figure 5.2.
Figure 5.2. Mounting a network filesystem.

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