Permission Denied Error or Backgrounding on NFS mounts

[Andrew Kaplan]

Hi there --

We have a Fedora Core 2 client trying to mount several directories that are being exported from an HP-UX 11.00 server. The problem we are running into is that whenever we run the mount -a command on the client, we get either a Permission Denied message or a Backgrounding status on the NFS mounts.

Prior to this occurring, the /etc/hosts file on the server was modified to include the client hostname and ip address. The /etc/exports file was also changed to include the client in list of directories that are being exported. Finally, the exportfs -a command was run to have the changes go into effect.

What steps do we need to take to correct this situation?

[Ivan Ferreira]

Ensure that the host name in the server's /etc/hosts match the hostname of the linux and the /etc/hosts file on the client.

Ensure that the host name in the client's /etc/hosts match the hostname of the server and the /etc/hosts file on the server.

Try running exportfs -au.

[Andrew Kaplan]

I verified that the hosts file entry on the server as well as that on the workstation matched. I tried remounting and that did not help.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Please post the ouput of:

On the client:

hostname
grep `hostname` /etc/hosts
grep "NFS server name" /etc/hosts

On the server

hostname
grep `hostname` /etc/hosts
grep "NFS client name" /etc/hosts
cat /etc/exports

[Andrew Kaplan]

hi there --

i ran the commands in question, and both came back with the appropriate responses on the server and the client. again i tried to run the mount -a command on the client, but without success.

[Ivan Ferreira]

What is the output of showmount -e executed from the server itselv and from the client.

What is the entry in the fstab of the client or command you are using to mount the resource?