NFS

[Nobody's Hero]

Hi All,

We run asu software to link out NT shares through HPUX. My job is to eliminate ASU HPUX and move it to a Win2k server running SFU. So I created a dir on NT called test_mount. Mounted it up on the UNIX side, however when I try to cd to the directory on the UNIX side, I get the following error. We are not using CIFS.

cd /test_mount
NFS access failed for server mahimahi: RPC: Authentication error
sh: /test_mount: The specified directory is not valid.

On the NT side, I ftpd the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files to a dir called tmp under E:

I thought this would be an easy mount, anyone seen this error before? The related cases in the Tech. Know. Base. were related to CIFS.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

RPM

[Nobody's Hero]

I am running 11.11 on the UX side.
Here is the fstab entry:
mahimahi:/E/test_mount /test_mount nfs rw,hard 0 2

[Nobody's Hero]

NFS version info:
rpcinfo -u mailtest mountd
program 100005 version 1 ready and waiting
rpcinfo: RPC: Program/version mismatch; low version = 1, high version = 3
program 100005 version 2 is not available
program 100005 version 3 ready and waiting

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Robert,

You can not direct mount filesystems from nt to unix, you will need Samba or CIFS,

Robert-Jan.

[Nobody's Hero]

Well, on the NT side under properties, NFS Sharing, I checked the box. "allow anonymous access" Anonymous UID -2.

Now this seems to work OK. I can mount it on the unix side and I can open and create files with no errors. Having this box checked does not seem like a good idea, however, it works. Do I have an authentication problem?

[Nobody's Hero]

I am running SFU on the NT side, version 3.0

[Geoff Wild]

NFS on NT just doesn't work very well...we tried it here and had a load of problems...you'd be better off installing Samba (CIFS/9000) on the HP-UX box and mounting that on NT....

If people in Unix need to access files on the NT box, then either place them within the Samba share or use ftp....


Rgds...Geoff

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

Get CIFS (Samba version of HP) installed and you will not have all these problems that you are facing now:)
CIFS is to configure and it's free!

-USA..

[Nobody's Hero]

I believe our NT group installed Advanced Server for wIN2K. Have you ever heard of SFU?
I have never heard of it, do u know what it is?
Also, isnt Cifs using NFS?

[Geoff Wild]

"The CIFS/9000 products use Microsoft's Common Internet File System protocol (CIFS), the standard networking protocol in Microsoft Windows operating systems."

You can find more info here:

http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B8725AA

Though, I'm using this one:

http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=CIFSTP22

Rgds...Geoff

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,
You can find information about SFU here.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/default.asp

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

CIFS is also based on NFS..

This doc might have some tips
for SFU.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/docs/sfunewfeatures.doc

-USA..

[Nobody's Hero]

From your past experience, does anyone know why I might have had to check the box that says" Allow anonymous access " "UID -2" , in order to get this to work?

[Uday_S_Ankolekar · Accepted solution]

Tips from KB..
To resolve this issue, edit the .Maphosts file in the
\Mapper folder on the User Name Mapping
server.

NOTE: When User Name Mapping matches a computer that is making a request against
the elements in the list, it searches from the top down until it finds a match.
As a result, the order of the entries is important.

To edit the .Maphosts file, add any of the following elements:

- host: Use this element to specify one or more computers that can access User
Name Mapping. You can specify the host by using an Internet Protocol (IP)
address (IP version 4) or as a host name that resolves to one or more IP
addresses.

- host -: Use this element to specify one or more computers that are denied
access to User Name Mapping. You can specify the host as an IP address (IP
version 4) or as a host name that resolves to one or more IP addresses. Note
that you must use at least one blank space between "host" and the dash (-).

- Plus sign (+) : Use only the plus sign (+) to specify that all computers can
access User Name Mapping unless they are denied access by an earlier entry in
the list. All of the entries in the list that follow this element are
ignored.

- Dash (-): Use only the dash (-) to specify that all computers are denied
access to User Name Mapping unless they are allowed by an earlier entry in
the list. All of the entries in the list that follow this element are
ignored.