In addition to exporting shares using NFS, Windows can also mount NFS exports. Windows can access NFS exports from other Windows servers, as well as from Unix/Linux systems, making this an ideal technology for sharing files and data in heterogeneous environments.
In this recipe, we will be accessing the NFS export shared in the prior Creating an NFS export recipe. We will be utilizing the default Kerberos authentication included with NFS.
Carry out the following steps to mount the NFS export:
Install the NFS client:
Install-WindowsFeature NFS-Client
Mount the NFS share using the
\\serv
er\share
naming scheme:New-PSDrive N -PSProvider FileSystem -Root \\corpdc1\NFS1
When executed, PowerShell confirms the connection was successful as shown in the following screenshot: