Redhat / RHEL / CentOS Linux: Start / Stop / Restart NFS Service [ server ]

How do I start and stop the NFS service and/or server using the command prompt? How do I make sure NFS always stars automatically when system boots or restarts under RHEL based systems?

You can use the following commands under RHEL based systems

Start / Stop / Restart portmap Service under RHEL

Type the following commands:
# /etc/init.d/portmap start # /etc/init.d/portmap stop # /etc/init.d/portmap restart

Start / Stop / Restart NFS Service under RHEL / CentOS Linux

Type the following commands:
# /etc/init.d/nfs start # /etc/init.d/nfs stop # /etc/init.d/nfs restart

Automatically Start the NFS Server

To start the NFS service automatically at the boot time, enter:
# ntsysv
Select Portmap and NFS and save the changes. ntsysv command is a simple interface for configuring runlevel services which are also configurable through chkconfig command.

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 john piroino April 19, 2007 at 6:21 pm: what can cause a nfs service to stop or freeze
2 Christian Dreyer November 7, 2007 at 10:19 pm: IF you’re using the package nfs-kernel-server you have to substitute nfs for nfs-kernel-server instead. So you’d type
# /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server stop
instead
cheers
3 the_guv February 14, 2010 at 12:02 am: and for Portmap:-
sudo service portmap restart
(likely just a Debian thing)