Ah, here's a small clipping from the /var/log/messages file:
Jan 29 22:58:09 cx640487-b portmap[311]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 1: missing
":" separator
Jan 29 22:58:09 cx640487-b portmap[311]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 2: missing
":" separator
Jan 29 22:58:09 cx640487-b portmap[311]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 3: missing
":" separator
Jan 29 22:58:09 cx640487-b portmap[311]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 4: missing
":" separator
Jan 29 22:58:09 cx640487-b mountd[496]: refused mount request from 192.168.0.1
(cx640487-a) for /home/roger (/home/roger): DNS forward lookup does't match with
reverse
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> I get a "permission denied" error.
>
> pinging works and i can log into my computer via ftp.
>
> I have teh exportfs setup (I also had to install the 2 nfs*.rpm files from
> cdrom manually).
>
> The install that i did was a "custom" > "default" (instead of my usual
> experimental, etc).
>
> i've tried logging in as root and trying the mount "manually" but still same
> error.
>
> i do know that it is contacting the other computer because entering a different
> ip/name, it tends to stall. entering the correct ip generates teh error
> immediately.
>
> i've read some newsposts stating where people had to reinstalled/rebuilt kernel
> and got it working successfully.
>
> Any thoughts on this?
>
> (this getting complicated, seems to take about 7 days to get everything up and
> working if you have knowledge of linux. still somewhat long)
>
>
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