NFS mount

[Praveen Bezawada]

Hi
I am trying to NFS mount from client machine
I made the entry
/SD_CDROM -access x.x.x.x
in server machine
exportfs -a
started nfs.server
and on client machine i started
nfs.client
then
mount -F nfs :/SD_CDROM /CDROM
I get the error
nfs mount: get_fh : :: RPC : Unknown Host
What could be the problem
Thanks in advance
Praveen

[Rick Garland]

Unknown Host - check for the resolution of the server. Can you mount using the IP address instead of the hostname?

[Praveen Bezawada]

HI
When I give IP i get permission denied.. : (

[MARTINACHE · Accepted solution]

Hi,

- Try to ping hostnames from cleint and server.

- If mount FS as root on client, you have to add -root ... in /etc/exports file of the server.

Regards,

Patrice.

[Christopher Stamps_1]

I'm surprised no one caught this. On his second error. The hostname error was valid. The second error, we saw he tried mount /SD_CDROM/CDROM. He only exported /SD_CDROM. In order for him to access /SD_CDROM/CDROM, that is what he would have to put in the /etc/exports file.

Best,

Chris Stamps

[Gustavo_3]

I had the same problem, and the solution was that my nfs server was down in the machine where i ran the "exporfs" command.

/sbin/init.d/nfs.server start

...and that's it.

I hope it helps.

Best regards.

Pablo.

[KapilRaj]

the problem is , teh nfs server is not able to resolve the client's hostname. add the client in /etc/hosts in server should fix it.

Kaps

[Muthukumar_5]

Hai,

Use the root option on exporting directories as like
exportfs -iv -o -root=x.x.x.x /SD_CDROM

You are giving access using the ip-address. What is ur entries in the NFS client /etc/hosts file. Did u check the connectivity to server using ping,linkloop.

The problem is because of server connectivity. Check RPC informations and mount informations with
nfsstat -r
nfsstat -m

If the rpc informations,no calls will be made for transaction.

Make the proper connectivity between the server and client. Check the hostname resolvation.

Regards,
Muthukumar