This tool is exactly the same as the one mentioned in
Section 6.1, “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 6.1, “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.