This tool is exactly the same as the one mentioned in
Section 1, “Importing Remote SMB
Directories”, except that it controls file sharing
with the NFS protocol rather than
SMB. Therefore it allows you to locally import shared
files from NFS-friendly machines. The interface and its
effects are similar to the one described in Section 1, “Importing Remote SMB
Directories”. 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.