Alex, Portmap is indeed running.
"The Definition of a gentleman is a man who can play the banjo -- and don't!" -Mark Twain Gordon Wolfe, Ph. D. (425)865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Alex deVries > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Can't mount nfs > > Gordon, > > Is portmap running on the client before you do the mount? > > - Alex > > > Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: > > Okay, folks, I've got a strange one here. this one has stumped my resident Unix > > experts that have been helping me with Linux/390 for two years. > > > > I've got two SLES8 servers on a VM LPAR connected via a guest lan. > > > > One server (LINUXVM1) is a repository for all the CDs and patches that SuSE sends > > me so I can share them out among the various servers. The /cd directory contains > > the entire contents to be shared. The /etc/exports file reads: > > > > /cd *(ro,no_root_squash,async) > > > > and /etc/hosts.allow contains > > > > Another server (LNX20012) wants to mount this directory, and does so with the > > command > > > > mount -t nfs -o ro linuxvm1.ca.boeing.com:/cd /cd > > > > which gives the result > > > > "mount: linuxvm1.ca.boeing.com:/cd failed, reason given by server: Permission > > denied" > > > > On LINUXVM1, the /var/log/messages file has these entries: > > > > "Feb 20 10:10:59 linuxvm1 rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from 192.76.218 > > .147:855 for /cd (/cd) > > Feb 20 10:10:59 linuxvm1 rpc.mountd: getfh failed: Operation not permitted" > > > > the wierd part is that this error appears to be unique to the LNX20012 server. I > > can mount this directory from half a dozen other SLES8 servers. All the servers > > are on the same 192.76.218. subnet, which are all allowed by subnet in the > > /etc/hosts.allow file. > > > > I've tried disabling the /etc/hosts file jus in case I had a wrong IP address > > there, but it didn't help. > > > > The folks on this list have proved their brilliance in the past. Can you do it > > again? Where can I look for the discrepancy? > > > > "The Definition of a gentleman is a man who can play the banjo -- and don't!" > > -Mark Twain > > > > Gordon Wolfe, Ph. D. (425)865-5940 > > VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > > > > > > > -- > Alex deVries > Principal Architect, One Fish Two > >
