To start CFS automatically at boot time, add these lines to /etc/rc.local: if [ -x ${PREFIX}/sbin/cfsd ]; then if pgrep mountd > /dev/null; then echo -n ' cfsd'; ${PREFIX}/sbin/cfsd >/dev/null 2>&1 mount -o port=3049,nfsv2,intr,sync localhost:/null /crypt else echo -n ' cfsd (failed, no mountd running)' fi fi Then do these steps as root: 0) add this line to /etc/exports /null localhost 1) set "nfs_server=YES" and "portmap=YES" in /etc/rc.conf.local 2) reboot or start all necessary daemons by hand and mount /crypt