Mount NFS Directory from Ubuntu and Mac OS X Clients

Here, I assume that you have set the NFS server following the previous post. In this post, I will show how the client machine can be configured to connect to the NFS directory.

Make sure that the client's IP address is specified in the server's /etc/export file. In the previous post, this should be 192.168.0.101. Also, I am going to assume that the NFS server IP address is 111.111.111.111.

Instructions for Ubuntu Client
First, install necessary package
$ sudo apt-get install -y nfs-common

Create a mount point
$ sudo mkdir -p /mnt/nfs

Mount the NFS directory
$ sudo mount 111.111.111.111:/var/nfs /mnt/nfs

That's it. To unmount, simply type in
$ sudo umount /mnt/nfs


Instructions for Mac OS X Client
First, create a mount point
$ sudo mkdir -p /private/nfs

Mount the NFS directory
$ sudo mount -o resvport,rw -t nfs 111.111.111.111:/var/nfs /private/nfs

That's it. To unmount, simply type in
$ sudo umount /private/nfs