This tool is exactly the same as the
one mentioned in
Section 1, “Importing Remote SMB Directories”, except that it controls file
sharing through the
NFS protocol rather than
SMB. Therefore it allows you to locally
import shared files from
NFS-friendly machines. The interface is the
same as the one described in
Section 1, “Importing Remote SMB Directories”, and the effects are similar.
Only the corresponding machines are different:
UNIX
® for
NFS and
Windows
® for
SMB.
One other difference is that there is no need to provide a password to access NFS shares. The authentication mechanism is host-based.