NFS problem

[pradi]

Hi,

I need to be able to accede to a folder in a Windows 2000 server from HP - UX 11

From HP I do:
#mount 192.168.0.103:/Normativa /norma
I obtain the error:
nfs mount: get_fh: 192.168.0.103:: RPC: Rpcbind failure - RPC: Timed out

can anyone advise?

Many thanks and regards,
Pradi

[Geoff Wild]

Is NFS running on the Windows server?

If yes, what's the name of the software?

Rgds...Geoff

[Steven E. Protter]

There appears to be a networking or configuration problem between the to boxes.

check the following files:

/etc/fstab for the nfs mount

Check it against:

/etc/exports on the target server. Look for incompatible settings, typos in the hostnames or parameters that don't work.

try restarting the daemon on the target server with verbose commands:

exportfs -av

That will give you details. You need to match the source machines fstab parameters.

SEP

[Karthik S S · Accepted solution]

You need to have server for NFS installed on Windows. Download Windows Services For UNIX from microsoft.com site at,

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/downloads/default.asp

After installing SFU if you right click and open the properties of the directory that you want to share you will find a tab by name NFS sharing. Enable access to the hp-ux box from there or also you can set anonymous access.

-Karthik S S

[Ionut Grigorescu_2]

Hi,

why don't you use samba(cifs) on your HP-UX box?

[T G Manikandan]

If you are mounting HPUX file systems to windows then install the samba software on the HPUX.

if you are mounting the windows drives to HPUX install the cifs client on the HP machine and use

#mount -F cifs <> /mount-point