oh, the test thing is because initially i thought it might have been a problem with trying to export a cdrom. and i made a test dir and export. anyhow, i switched it back to the cdrom in both cases.
thneed:~# rpcinfo -p program vers proto port 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 100021 1 udp 32768 nlockmgr 100021 3 udp 32768 nlockmgr 100024 1 udp 895 status 100024 1 tcp 897 status 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs 100005 1 udp 906 mountd 100005 2 udp 906 mountd 100005 1 tcp 909 mountd 100005 2 tcp 909 mountd the server shows that, so it looks like everything is running alright to me, and the client still has grickle:~# mount /nfscdrom mount: 192.168.1.10:/cdrom failed, reason given by server: Permission denied i never had any problems with the nfs-kernel-server, but since this is a 2.4 machine, i don't think thats an option, is it? -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live But when we have nothing left to lose You will have nothing left to use" -Fugazi On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Forrest English wrote: > > > ok, here's what i do on the server. > > > > /etc/exports file contains > > /cdrom 192.168.2.30 > > > > and the client's fstab contains.... > > 192.168.1.10:/cdrom /nfscdrom nfs rsize=1024,wsize=1024 0 0 > > > > i on the server, i then did... /etc/init.d/nfs-server reload > > > > and mounting on the client reports.... > > > > grickle:~# mount /nfscdrom > > mount: thneed:/test failed, reason given by server: Permission denied > Hmm, you try to mount /cdrom on the server, but it reports that you try to > mount /test. Have you loaded nfs-common-utils? What does 'rpcinfo -p' on > the server say? At least rpc.mountd and rpc.nfsd should have been > loaded. Also did I discover that sometimes portmapper is not load > automatically, so by doing: > /etc/init.d/portmapper restart > /etc/init.d/nfs-common restart > /etc/init.d/nfs-server restart > > and > rpcinfo -p should display something like: > 10000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > 10000 2 ucp 111 portmapper > 389 2 tcp ??? mountd > 389 2 ucp ??? mountd > 385 2 tcp ??? nfsd > 385 2 ucp ??? nfsd > > I cannot remember exactly, just check the most right colom. > > > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > > > > could someone please elighten me on what the heck i'm doing wrong? > > > > -- > > Forrest English > > http://truffula.net > > > > "When we have nothing left to give > > There will be no reason for us to live > > But when we have nothing left to lose > > You will have nothing left to use" > > -Fugazi > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >