This tool is exactly the same as the one mentioned in Section 3, “Importing Remote SMB Directories”, except that it controls file sharing through the NFS protocol rather than SMB. Therefore it allows you to locally import shared files from NFS-friendly machines. The interface is the same as the one described in Section 3, “Importing Remote SMB Directories”, and the effects are similar. Only the corresponding machines are different: UNIX^® for NFS and Windows^® for SMB.

One other difference is that there is no need to provide a password to access NFS shares. The authentication mechanism is host-based.