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Remote mount problem

MarkW_1 — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 21:50:02 GMT

A PC is trying to connect to a digital unix server with the following
Error: the following occurred when trying to connect to e:
windom\/usr1/matkon/edi

mount rejected by server due to security considerations.

The PC is mapping the the server directory. Where can I look for clues to this? It is an NFS issue?

Re: Remote mount problem

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 21:52:04 GMT

If it is connecting to a UNIX server, most likely that directory "/usr1/matkon/edi" is not exported on the UNIX box to give permission to the PC.

-Sri

Re: Remote mount problem

harry d brown jr — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 21:52:54 GMT

ONE, don't use NFS for PC's, use samba, it's more "native" to the M$ crap.

TWO, what NFS client are you using??

live free or die
harry

Re: Remote mount problem

MarkW_1 — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 21:56:28 GMT

This is a digital unix box. I don't have export command?

Re: Remote mount problem

Chris Vail — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 22:08:51 GMT

You need to use CIFS instead of NFS. The M$ implementaion of NFS has a lot to be desired, and among these is reliability. You should get samba for your Digital Unix system: http:www.samba.org. The O'reilly book "Using Samba" is a pretty good guide to setting it up. With Samba, mapping the remote PC to your unix system is much more reliable, though setting up Samba may drive you nuts.

Chris

Re: Remote mount problem

Paul Sperry — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 22:36:26 GMT

The absolute best solution for NT UNIX intergration that I have seen is DiskAccess and DiskShare by Shaffer Solutions.
It's reliable and extreemly easy to install and set up. Unlike MS SFU.
check it out here.
http://www.ssc-corp.com/nfs/

Re: Remote mount problem

harry d brown jr — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 01:37:43 GMT

mark,

What does /etc/exports have in it?

And seriously, get samba, it's a lot better for M$ pc's.

live free or die
harry

Re: Remote mount problem

harry d brown jr — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 05:27:12 GMT

Mark,

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x022718276953d61190040090279cd0f9,00.html

for 70 of 239 responses :

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/TopSolutions/1,,CA556749!1!questions,00.html

live free or die
harry

Re: Remote mount problem

T G Manikandan — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 06:52:38 GMT

We use Hummingbird's NFS maestro.

If that is the case then you can check these two links

http://www.hummingbird.com/nfsmaestro-users/Nov1998/0039.html
http://wwww.hummingbird.com/support/nc/nfs/allplatforms/client1.html

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Re: Remote mount problem

Ravi_8 — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 06:56:38 GMT

Hi,

Digital unix doesn't have CIFS.
you have to use samba. mounting any unix file systems on to windows is not possible without samba

Re: Remote mount problem

Steven E. Protter — Sun, 05 Jan 2003 01:35:02 GMT

CIFS is an HP-UX product. That download is not going to work on a digital unix box.

Yet there is hope.

CIFS is a depot compiled after HP ported SAMBA to HP-UX.

You can download samba's source code here.

http://www.samba.org/

Then you can follow the installation instructions and install it on your box.

Then from what comes in the tarball or the above website you can configure your Unix box to use samba.

NFS is an inferior idea for Wintel connections. Samba is more modern, robust and worth the trouble.

If you run into issues with Samba, let us know, we'll help.

Steve

Re: Remote mount problem

MarkW_1 — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 21:24:50 GMT

The problem occurred because the PC name was removed from the DNS by our networking dept???? For a quick fix we entered it into the /etc/hosts file which immediately solved the problem until the DNS name could be re-entered. Unix uses reverse lookup to authenticate.