Networking Guide
Chapter 12, Configuring the Network File System (NFS)

About exporting and importing filesystems

About exporting and importing filesystems

NFS uses the term ``exporting'' to define the process of a server machine making local directories of files available to remote systems. Files available for access by remote systems are said to be exported. Similarly, but not used as frequently, NFS uses the term ``importing'' to define the process of a client machine requesting access to the exported files on a server. More commonly, this process is referred to as ``mounting'' a filesystem.