Brian's How To

This is based on CentOS but should be very similar for other distros as well.

If NFS is not installed install it

yum install nfs-utils

Have NFS start at startup

chkconfig nfs on

Create a directory to share

mkdir /nfs

Change the rights on the directory to allow users to create and delete data

chmod 777 /nfs

Edit /etc/exports to share the NFS directory

vim /etc/exports

add the following to allow the subnet 192.168.0.0 read/write access to /nfs

/nfs        192.168.0.0/24(rw)

Restart nfs service

service nfs restart

SSH Without a Password

On the client generate a new rsa ssh key.

NOTE: When prompted for a passphrase leave blank (just hit enter).

ssh-keygen -t rsa

From the client append the new key to the servers .ssh/authorized_keys file.

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh root@hostname_or_ip ‘cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys’

NOTE: Enter the root password on the server for the last time.

Now ssh into the server

ssh -l root hostname

It should log in without any prompt for a password.