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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