NAME

       nfsmount.conf - Configuration file for NFS mounts

SYNOPSIS

       Configuration file for NFS mounts that allows options to be set globally, per server or per mount point.

DESCRIPTION

       The configuration file is made up of multiple section headers followed by variable assignments associated
       with that section.  A section header is defined by a string enclosed  by  [  and  ]  brackets.   Variable
       assignments are assignment statements that assign values to particular variables using the = operator, as
       in Proto=Tcp.  The variables that can be assigned are the set of NFS specific  mount  options  listed  in
       nfs(5)  together  with  the  filesystem-independant mount options listed in mount(8) and three additions:
       Sloppy=True has the same effect as the -s option to mount, and Foreground=True and  Background=True  have
       the same effect as bg and fg.

       Options  in the config file may be given in upper, lower, or mixed case and will be shifted to lower case
       before being passed to the filesystem.

       Boolean mount options which do not need an equals sign  must  be  given  as  "option=True".   Instead  of
       preceeding such an option with "no" its negation must be given as "option=False".

       Sections  are  broken  up  into  three  basic  categories: Global options, Server options and Mount Point
       options.

       [ NFSMount_Global_Options ] - This statically named section defines all of the global mount options  that
              can be applied to every NFS mount.

       [  Server "Server_Name" ] - This section defines all the mount options that should be used on mounts to a
              particular NFS server. The "Server_Name" strings needs to be surrounded by '"'  and  be  an  exact
              match (ignoring case) of the server name used in the mount command.

       [  MountPoint  "Mount_Point"  ]  -  This  section  defines all the mount options that should be used on a
              particular mount point.  The "Mount_Point" string needs to be surrounded by '"' and  be  an  exact
              match of the mount point used in the mount command.  Though path names are usually case-sensitive,
              the Mount_Point name is matched insensitive to case.

       The sections are processed in the reverse of the order listed above, and any options already seen, either
       in a previous section or on the command line, will be ignored when seen again.

EXAMPLES

       These are some example lines of how sections and variables are defined in the configuration file.

       [ NFSMount_Global_Options ]
           Proto=Tcp

              The TCP/IPv4 protocol will be used on every NFS mount.

       [ Server "nfsserver.foo.com" ]
           rsize=32k
           wsize=32k
           proto=udp6

              A  32k  (32768  bytes)  block  size  will  be used as the read and write size on all mounts to the
              'nfsserver.foo.com' server.  UDP/IPv6 is the protocol to be used.

       [ MountPoint "/export/home" ]
           Background=True

              All mounts  to  the  '/export/home'  export  will  be  performed  in  the  background  (i.e.  done
              asynchronously).

FILES

       /etc/nfsmount.conf
                 Default NFS mount configuration file

       /etc/nfsmount.conf.d
                 When this directory exists and files ending with ".conf" exist, those files will be used to set
                 configuration variables. These files will override variables set in /etc/nfsmount.conf

SEE ALSO

       nfs(5), mount(8),

                                                16 December 2020                                NFSMOUNT.CONF(5)