Set-up NFS Client for Windows

This is a quick installation and set-up guide for Windows 7 Premium and Windows 7 Enterprise NFS client.

Enable NFS Client

• In Control Panel go to Programs and Features .
• Select Turn Windows features on or off.
• Select Services for NFS and validate.

Fix default user

• Run regedit.exe.
• Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ClientForNFS \CurrentVersion\Default.
• Create two DWORD values namely AnonymousUid and AnonymousGid.
• Set those values to zero.

Failing to setup AnonymousUid and AnonymousGid properly will hang your file explorer and render your NFS mount unusable.

Mount your NFS drive

• To mount a NFS folder as your Z drive just run something like:
• mount \\remote-ip-or-hostname\my\shared\nfs\folder Z:

Unmount your NFS drive

• net use /del Z:

References

• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1686544
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sfu/archive/2009/03/27/can-i-set-up-user-name-mapping-in-windows-vista.aspx
• http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=31511