Synology NAS Procedure Share a NFS Folder

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Internal

Overview

If the NFS service has not been setup yet, set it up:

Configure NFS Service

Procedure

Main Menu -> Control Panel -> Shard Folder -> Create

Name: The name specified here will propagate as mount path: /volumeX/shared-folder-name

Description:

Volume:

Check "Hide this shared folder in 'My Network Places'"

Check "Hide sub-folders and files from users without permissions"

Leave "Enable Recycle Bin" unchecked.

Permissions

Advanced

NFS Permissions

Access can be restricted to a specific host or network, by specifying "Hostname or IP". The host may be specified in three ways:

  1. Single host.
  2. Wildcards *.example.com.
  3. Network segment: 203.74.205.32/255.255.255.0, 203.74.205.32/24.

Privilege:

  1. Read/Write
  2. Read only

Squash:

  1. "No mapping": Allows all users of NFS client, including root users, to maintain original access privileges.
  2. "Map root to admin": Assigns access privileges to root users of NFS client equivalent to the admin user access privileges on your system.
  3. "Map root to guest": Assigns access privileges to root users of NFS client equivalent to the guest access privileges on your system.
  4. "Map all users to admin": Assigns access privileges to all users of NFS client equivalent to the admin user access privileges on your system.