exportfs: No host name given

[Carme Torca]

Hi,
I have to export one directory in one server.
I put in /etc/exports
#
/export/htdocs/pladegovern hppz09(rw,async) sunz27(rw,async) sunz42(rw,async)

and when I do, it returns me, this error...
Could anyone help me?

Thanks,
Carmen.

# exportfs -a
exportfs: No host name given with /export/htdocs/pladegovern (rw,sync,wdelay,hide,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash,subtree_check,secure_locks,mapping=identity,anonuid=-2,anongid=-2), suggest *(rw,sync,wdelay,hide,secure,root_squash,no_all_squash,subtree_check,secure_locks,mapping=identity,anonuid=-2,anongid=-2) to avoid warning

[Muthukumar_5 · Accepted solution]

Hostnames of

hppz09
sunz27
sunz42

are not resolved by NFS server.

You can check as,

nslookup

It is good to keep Fully Qualified Domain Name there. IF you see man exports, there are four Machine Name Formats given.

So try as,

hostname.domainname.com


TRy to check resolvation as,

--- /etc/nsswitch.conf ---
hosts: dns files

--- /etc/resolv.conf ---
domain yourdomain.com
nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx

Check resolvation now as,

nslookup FQDN ( hostname.domainname.com )

If success then you can NFS action there on /etc/exports file.

HTH.

[Ross Minkov]

Carme,

In case you use NIS, then you can create a netgroup in NIS and use it in the /etc/exports file with the following syntax -- @netgroup. This simplifies management in case you have many NFS servers and they are all part of the NFS environment.

Regards,
Ross