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NFS problem: RPC: Authentication error

dictum9 — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:48:38 GMT

Trying to get an Ignite image of a client (11.31) from an Ignite server (Ignite 7.8, 11.23) and getting the following:

May 6 09:41:29 portltst vmunix: NFS lookup failed for server a2opv: RPC: Authentication error

On the server, I get this:

rcmd_af: connect: portltst: Connection timed out

what does it mean?

The remsh command works just fine.

Re: NFS problem: RPC: Authentication error

smatador — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:38:43 GMT

Hi,
Perhaps, you have a route issue, check client and server nfs
#netstat -rn
and check also the ping between them.

Re: NFS problem: RPC: Authentication error

smatador — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:41:30 GMT

Hi,
I just search on itrc, there is a thread about this
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1337879

Re: NFS problem: RPC: Authentication error

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:03:09 GMT

Shalom,

The /etc/exports file on the server may have authentication protcols preventing a connection. Its pretty easy to filter based on hostname or ip address.

showmount -e a2opv

SEP

Re: NFS problem: RPC: Authentication error

Dave Olker — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:09:00 GMT

The server side stuff has nothing to do with this, at least not from an NFS perspective.

Setting Ignite aside, are you able to manually NFS mount filesystems between these two systems? If not, do you get the same error message?

Dave

Re: NFS problem: RPC: Authentication error

Sajjad Sahir — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:31:39 GMT

Dear etc

make sure and entry of all host ip and name in /etc/hosts files

check in /etc/exports files if any hostname is there add it

export the files by using exportfs -a

thanks and regards

Sajjad Sahir

Re: NFS problem: RPC: Authentication error

dictum9 — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:03:45 GMT

Turned out to be a firewall issue.