NFS
quick mount of an NFS volume:
mount 192.168.1.7:/storage2 /mnt/storage2

NIS (yp = yellow pages)

/etc/yp.conf
/etc/ypserv.conf
ypserv - start daemon
ypwhich - displays which NIS server is being used by client
ypinit - creates NIS databases
yppasswd - set password on NIS server