topic Re: exportfs: No host name given in Operating System - Linux

exportfs: No host name given

Carme Torca — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:39:47 GMT

Hi,
I have to export one directory in one server.
I put in /etc/exports
#
/export/htdocs/pladegovern hppz09(rw,async) sunz27(rw,async) sunz42(rw,async)

and when I do, it returns me, this error...
Could anyone help me?

Thanks,
Carmen.

# exportfs -a
exportfs: No host name given with /export/htdocs/pladegovern (rw,sync,wdelay,hide,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash,subtree_check,secure_locks,mapping=identity,anonuid=-2,anongid=-2), suggest *(rw,sync,wdelay,hide,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash,subtree_check,secure_locks,mapping=identity,anonuid=-2,anongid=-2) to avoid warning

Re: exportfs: No host name given

Muthukumar_5 — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:52:29 GMT

Hostnames of

hppz09
sunz27
sunz42

are not resolved by NFS server.

You can check as,

nslookup

It is good to keep Fully Qualified Domain Name there. IF you see man exports, there are four Machine Name Formats given.

So try as,

hostname.domainname.com

TRy to check resolvation as,

--- /etc/nsswitch.conf ---
hosts: dns files

--- /etc/resolv.conf ---
domain yourdomain.com
nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx

Check resolvation now as,

nslookup FQDN ( hostname.domainname.com )

If success then you can NFS action there on /etc/exports file.

HTH.

Re: exportfs: No host name given

Ross Minkov — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:14:30 GMT

Carme,

In case you use NIS, then you can create a netgroup in NIS and use it in the /etc/exports file with the following syntax -- @netgroup. This simplifies management in case you have many NFS servers and they are all part of the NFS environment.

Regards,
Ross