topic Re: really weird problem with nfs in Operating System - Linux

really weird problem with nfs

Cristian_4 — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:23:24 GMT

im mounting several home folders from a server machine

lets say

/diska/user1
/diskb/user2

i can mount the /diska without a problem,, but i cant mount anything inside the /diskb

now, this is the weird part, in another client pc, i can mount both disks, so i know that the server is exporting both disks

the /var/log/messages gave me this error

localhost automount[22400]: >> mount: server:/diskb/user2 failed, reason given by server: Permission denied

why do i get a "Permission denied" ? since i have no problems mounting the diska

Re: really weird problem with nfs

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:21:14 GMT

check the following:

permissions/ownership in user1 and user2 filders

exportfs -av

This will give verbose output. I think you'll get an error or warning message.

That message will probably lead to solution or a google search.

SEP

Re: really weird problem with nfs

Cristian_4 — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:27:09 GMT

but the -a option isnt it to unexport the fs ? i dont want to leave the users without their home =)

Re: really weird problem with nfs

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:51:00 GMT

No.

On most distributions of Linux it will merely re-export the files with verbose output.

SEP

Re: really weird problem with nfs

Jan Sladky — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:33:26 GMT

hi Cristian,

check also /etc/exports whether there is allowed export for client1, IP or hostname

br Jan

Re: really weird problem with nfs

Cristian_4 — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 06:19:35 GMT

ok, i've tried the command and i didn't get any error. The permissions are the same for each disk.

i did get a lot of "unexporting from kernel"

anyway the problem it solved by it self in the night, dont know why

thanks to everybody