Mounting Tru64 to a Windows 2003 Storage Server NFS share

[Paul Maglinger]

I am trying to set up a NFS share on my Windows 2003 Storage Server and
connect to it using my Tru64 5.1B-3 server. I can set the
NFS mount up through the T64 GUI and get no errors, but when I try to open
that directory, I get a permission denied error. I have another W2K3
Storage Server that I can connect to and set up the share with no
problem. I have tried opening the permissions wide open. I copied the
username and group files from the Windows server that does work to the server
that doesn't. The username and group mappings are exactly the same.
Some folks I have talked to have pointed me to Unix for Windows 3.0, but
I shouldn't have to use it if I'm running W2K3 Storage Server. The
mappings and everything are set up there. Does anyone have any
experience with mounting to an NFS share created by Windows 2003 Storage Server and lend some friendly advice?

[Hein van den Heuvel]

Please help me read this correctly:

"I have another W2K3 Storage Server that I can connect to and set up the share with no
problem."

Let's say the Tru64 box is U
The client A can not 'see' files on U
client B can see files on U.

or are you saying that client A can see files on windows server B?

anyway, sounds like you are checking the right things. On the Tru64 system maybe doublecheck /etc/exports
On the client doublecheck you can properly see the target unix box itself (no bad host file). Be sure a simple telnet works, both by name and by ip number. When you telnet to the U box and do a 'who' where does it think you come from? I've had surprises with bad /etc/hosts or bad dns setups where the Unix box did not know the way back. In my exmaple, you came from A but it looks like 'C' to U and thus it refuses to talk.

fwiw,
Hein.

[Paul Maglinger]

Okay, lets say I have computer systems:
(A) is a Windows 2003 Storage Server
(B) is a Tru64 5.1B-3 cluster

On system A, I open Windows Explorer, bring up the properties of a folder, click on the NFS Sharing tab and select Share this folder. I've named it, selected ANSI encoding. I've even checked Allow Anonymous Access with UID and GID of 0. Permissions are set for Allow all machines read/write. I have copied over the username and group file from another Windows Storage Server that does allow me to connect to it's NFS shares.

On system B, I open the NFS GUI and go to Configure NFS Client. I enter the server name, directory and mount point of the Windows 2003 Storage Server. The directory mounts. When I try to open the directory from this system, I get a "permission denied" response. Now, if I don't select Allow Anonymous Access on the Windows Storage Server, then I get "NFS3 RFS3_ACCESS failed for server servername.domain.com : RPC : Authentication error.

[Paul Maglinger]

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