Configuring NFS
File sharing between to linux boxes with NFS start nfs service on the server machine and client machine Server : 192.168.1.2 Client: 192.168.1.1 service nfs start edit /etc/exports file and add the location you want to share this is the entry to be added to exports file to share a folder called test in home directory. (rw) will allow both read and write folder_name_with_path host_name(options) host_name is the name of the host(client IP or client hostname) from where you are going to mount this share ex: if you want to share a folder called test in home folder to a client with ip address 192.168.1.1 do as below.. edit export file to add this entry (this is entered host server whose folder is actually shared) on Server(192.168.1.2) /home/test 192.168.1.1(rw) go to cleint machine and start nfs service then mount the nfs sharing mount -t nfs -o rw nfs_server_name://folder_name_with_path mount_point on Client(192.168.1.1) mount -t nfs -o rw 192.168.1.2: