How to enable and setup host access for NFS connection

Last modified date: 2021-07-23

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Follow the procedures below to enable and setup host access for NFS connection:

Open Control Panel and navigate to Network & File Services > Win/Mac/NFS
Click NFS Service in the new window and enable NFS v2/v3 and/or NFS v4
After the services have been enabled, follow the link “Click here to set the NFS access right of the network share”. You will be taken to the Shared Folders menu.
Under the Action column, please click on Edit Shared Folder Permission
In the next window, select NFS host access under Select permission type
NFS access right is disabled by default, here you can enable it first
Click the Add button to add Host / IP / Network and to set their permissions

Allowed IP Address or Domain Name

Single server: A valid domain name, host name, or IP address that can be resolved by a DNS server.
Use wildcard characters to specify a series of servers: Use “*” or “?” to specify the string criteria. When you use wildcard characters in a valid host name, dot (.) is not included in wildcard characters. For example, when you enter *.example.com, one.example.com is counted while one.two.example.com is not counted.
IP network: Use a.b.c.d/x. a.b.c.d refers to the network and x refers to number of bits of the network mask, for example, 192.168.0.0/24. Another valid format is a.b.c.d/network mask. In this case, a.b.c.d refers to the network and the following value refers to the network mask setting. For example, 192.168.100.8/255.255.255.0.
If using IPv6, enter the IP address and prefix length (ex: 2001::208:9bff:feed:5023/64) for filtering devices and permission settings. If the prefix length is not set, it will refer to a single host IP.
Network group: Represented as @group-name; group-name refers to the name of NIS network group.

Note: Please make sure the format you entered is correct. An incorrect format can lead to access errors.

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