NFS in windows over putty

Setting up a NFS share in windows is simple. First you need a NFS client. Windows 7 ultimate comes with a client. Programs and Features -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Services for NFS (install all of it). Other versions of windows can use Window Services for UNIX. The nfs share needs to be setup for "insecure" ports. This means ports above 1024. To do this add 'insecure' to the list of options in /etc/exports. Once you have a NFS setup on the linux box you can mount it in windows using

mount server:/path/to/share x:

This works if you do not have a firewall between you and the server. If you do you need to tunnel some ports. You need to tunnel portmapper, mountd, and nfs. On the linux server run

rpcinfo -p | grep tcp

you should see something like

100000 4 tcp 111 portmapper

100000 3 tcp 111 portmapper

100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper

100011 1 tcp 875 rquotad

100011 2 tcp 875 rquotad

100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs

100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs

100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs

100021 1 tcp 1047 nlockmgr

100021 3 tcp 1047 nlockmgr

100021 4 tcp 1047 nlockmgr

100005 1 tcp 21050 mountd

100005 2 tcp 21050 mountd

100005 3 tcp 21050 mountd

This shows portmapper running on port 111, nfs on port 2049, and mountd on port 21050. Mountd runs on a random port so you may see a different number. If you want to tell mountd to run on a specific port, in fedora edit /etc/sysconfig/nfs. Restart NFS after editing the file.

In putty you want to tunnel ports 111, 2049, and 21050 (or whatever you set mountd up with). To do this goto settings -> Connection -> Tunnels

Source port: 2049, Desitnation: 127.0.0.1:2049 click Add. Repeat this for ports 111 and 21050.

Now when you mount the server used 127.0.0.1 for the server address. For example

mount 127.0.0.1/path/to/share x:

One thing you might notice is you connect as uid -2. This is the default value for an unknown user. You can change this in the registry.

HKLM\software\microsoft\clientfornfs\currentversion\default

add a DWORD called AnonymousGid, and AnonymousUid. Set it to any uid you like. Reboot and when you connect it will be as that user.