Can I password protect an NFS share?

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I have two machines on a local network (Ubuntu 11.04). I created an NFS server on machine A. The other machine B receives its IP through DHCP.

I want to know if IP is the only way to allow or deny hosts from accessing the NFS share. Is there some way I can restrict access to the NFS share based on a password?

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '11 at 16:25

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Without involving an authentication method like Kerberos, NFS on its own has very little in the way of access control - pretty much just restriction by IP address as you noted.

More info here if you want to look at the Kerberos option:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NFSv4Howto

answered Aug 25 '11 at 16:25

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Is there anything similar to NFS you would recommend, with authentication methods? – maxisme Apr 28 '15 at 20:14
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cifs or Common Internet Filesystem has security – TheStarvingGeek Aug 03 '17 at 12:08
@maxisme FYI May also be helpful: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/412596/alternatives-to-nfs-that-rely-on-username-password-or-public-key-authenthication – ch271828n Mar 18 '20 at 13:00

Can I password protect an NFS share?

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