NFS server on OpenBSD

I still use OpenBSD for my server, so here goes setting up an NFS on it.  This is a fantastic resource.

Note: if having trouble with the vi text editor, I listed a few simple commands elsewhere on the blog.  For now, a few quick reminders:

i        -->       enters Insert mode (where you can enter text)
[ESC]    -->       enters command mode
:w       -->       saves the file (have to be in command mode)
:q       -->       exits the file (have to be in command mode)

Let's call the shared folder 'storage'.  We'll put it in the home directory of the user 'admin'.  We have to create the user, and the folder.

useradd -b /home/faculty/ -s /bin/bash -m admin
passwd admin

Let's use the password

Password!

since this is a local machine, and I'm assuming that the folks on the LAN are friendly.

Next, make sure the new user owns their home directory.

chown -R admin: admin

And then create the shared directory inside /home/admin,

mkdir /home/admin/storage

and make sure that everyone can read/write to that spot.

chmod -R 777 /home/admin/storage

I think nfs can be activated by adding the following to rc.conf.local. (src; might not be updated, and I can't see more than the first bit)

vi /etc/rc.conf.local

add to the end of the file:

portmap=YES
nfs_server=YES

OR, I can run these two commands.  There's this thing about multiple server instances, so that I can handle concurrent requests, that I can control with the following commands...I just don't know if the services will be enabled after a reboot.

rcctl enable portmap mountd nfsd
rcctl set nfsd flags -tun 4

Once the services are started, the /etc/exports file needs an entry.  This is how the machine knows to share the folder - and who to share it to.

vi /etc/exports

add to the bottom (this gives everyone accessing the folder root access),

/home/admin/storage -alldirs -mapall=root

Now the nfs service can be started

rcctl start portmap mountd nfsd

and in case you edited the /etc/exports file while the NFS was running, restart the service.

rcctl reload mountd

Mount

to mount the new network folder, you have to create your own location for the folder to present itself, and then set the folder to automount.

Also, don't forget to install the nfs software.  It came default on OpenBSD, but not so much on Linux Mint.

sudo apt-get install nfs-server -y

create /storage in the root directory

sudo mkdir /storage

give everyone all permissions

chmod 777 /storage

edit the fstab to automount the folder - we'll assume the hostname of the OpenBSD server is 'server1'

sudo nano /etc/fstab

and add this to the bottom of the file

server1:/home/admin/storage     /storage  nfs 

and remount everything

sudo mount -a

that's it!  You should have full access to the network folder.