On the Linux system that runs the NFS server, you export (share) one or more directories by listing them in the /etc/exports file and by running the exportfs command. In addition, you must start the NFS server. On each client system, you use the mount command to mount the directories that your server exported.

How do I access NFS share on Linux?

Use the following procedure to automatically mount an NFS share on Linux systems:

1. Set up a mount point for the remote NFS share: sudo mkdir /var/backups.
2. Open the /etc/fstab file with your text editor : sudo nano /etc/fstab. …
3. Run the mount command in one of the following forms to mount the NFS share:

How do I find the NFS folder in Linux?

You need to use the showmount command to see mount information for an NFS server. This command queries the mount daemon on a remote nfs host (netapp or unix nfs server) for information about the state of the NFS server on that machine.