Mounting Remote File System - Permission Denied

[George Graham]

OK - I've tried everything I can think of.

I have server pds2 which has the following in /var adm/inetd.sec:

mountd allow xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx pds1 (where xxx is the IP address of pds1)

permissions on inetd.sec is rwxrwxrwx

In /etc/exports:

/u04 rw=pds1

The permissions on /etc/exports is rwxrwxrwx
The permissions on /u04 is rwxrwxrwx

I then submit exportfs -va and get message that directory has been exported.


On client, pds1:

I mkdir /u11 and change permissions to rwxrwxrwx.
I issue showmount -d pds2 and it shows:

export list for pds2:
/u04 rw=pds1

With all of that, when I issue the mount command:

mount pds2:/u04 /u11

I get Permission Denied error.

I have checked and the NFS daemons are running.

Every piece of documentation I have and have found says this should work. Any clues???

[Helen French · Accepted solution]

One important thing to check is your name resolution. Can you resolve nfs server and client systems with hostnames? If not, correct that.

Also, try giving FQDN at exports file instead of short names:

/u04 -rw=pds1.mydomain.com

[George Graham]

The host names do resolve with each other and I have tried using the full domain name as well with no avail.

[Helen French]

1) Did you try '-rw' instead of 'rw' in exports file?

2) Try restarting nfs daemons in server and client systems.

3) Make sure all NFS patches are loaded.

4) Check the NFS version on both server and client are same.

[Chris Watkins_1]

(I know this may seem silly, but I've forgotten it myself.)
Just to be sure... on the server machine, do "exportfs -a".


Failing that oversight...
have you tried it by specifying the allowable host(s)?

/u04 -anon=65534,rw,access=host1:host2:etc...

exportfs -a after changes, of course.

[George Graham]

THAT WAS IT!!!!

in /etc/exports I had:

/u04 rw=pds1

instead of

/u04 -rw=pds1


THANKS SHIJU!!!!!