really weird problem with nfs

[Cristian_4]

im mounting several home folders from a server machine

lets say

/diska/user1
/diskb/user2

i can mount the /diska without a problem,, but i cant mount anything inside the /diskb

now, this is the weird part, in another client pc, i can mount both disks, so i know that the server is exporting both disks

the /var/log/messages gave me this error

localhost automount[22400]: >> mount: server:/diskb/user2 failed, reason given by server: Permission denied

why do i get a "Permission denied" ? since i have no problems mounting the diska

[Steven E. Protter]

check the following:

permissions/ownership in user1 and user2 filders

exportfs -av

This will give verbose output. I think you'll get an error or warning message.

That message will probably lead to solution or a google search.

SEP

[Cristian_4]

but the -a option isnt it to unexport the fs ? i dont want to leave the users without their home =)

[Steven E. Protter]

No.

On most distributions of Linux it will merely re-export the files with verbose output.

SEP

[Jan Sladky]

hi Cristian,

check also /etc/exports whether there is allowed export for client1, IP or hostname

br Jan

[Cristian_4]

ok, i've tried the command and i didn't get any error. The permissions are the same for each disk.

i did get a lot of "unexporting from kernel"

anyway the problem it solved by it self in the night, dont know why

thanks to everybody