topic Re: NFS mounting issues in Operating System - HP-UX

NFS mounting issues

shruti_1 — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:46:55 GMT

I want to nfs mount one volume on another server(readonly).

on server I have given in /etc/exports

/misc -access=rw=x.x.x.x

however on client side when i try to mount this it gives me an error of permission denied. Can anyone help me out on this.

Re: NFS mounting issues

Enrico P. — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:57:14 GMT

Hi,
the read only access is the default, you can add the line

/misc -access=x.x.x.x

in the /etc/exports file

then you need to run the

exportfs -a

command from the server

then you can mount from the client.

Enrico

Re: NFS mounting issues

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:00:42 GMT

Shalom,

Perhaps exportfs -av on the server. Maybe your settings are not loaded on the server.

tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

See what the issue is during the mount.

SEP

Re: NFS mounting issues

Craig Sterley — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:01:04 GMT

has /misc been exported on the host node?

Re: NFS mounting issues

Doug O'Leary — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:07:23 GMT

Hey;

>>the read only access is the default, you can add the line

That is incorrect. NFS exports filesystems read/write by default.

Also, I don't believe you can specify a client by IP address. Check out exportfs(1m) for details under the access section.

I believe you'll need to specify a host name and ensure name resolution is working either through /etc/hosts or through dns. Whichever way, ensure /etc/nswitchc.onf and /etc/resolv.conf are updated appropriately.

Finally, to see how the server is resolving the client, from the client, ssh/telnet to the server. Then, execute:

tty # note the tty you're coming from
who -R | grep ${tty}

If it comes up with a name, ensure that name is in the access list. If it comes up with an IP address, correct your name resolution issue before attempting to use NFS.

HTH;

Doug

Re: NFS mounting issues

Peter Nikitka — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:33:10 GMT

Hi,

the syntax in /etx/exports is not correct, use:

/misc -access=my.ip.add.ress,hostname,netgroup

The stuff after the ',' is optional.

mfG Peter