Are client and server using the same version of NFS? I have had problems between solaris server and linux client because of that...
On 6/13/07, Ivan Adzhubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael, > > Sorry, this is definitely off topic... > > On Wednesday 13 June 2007 10:32:11 pm Michael Edwards wrote: > > An external NFS server will not "just work" on the client nodes unless > > I was not clear, "external" does not mean "one on the external net", > fileserver is on the same private net with the cluster and on the same > switch. It's just not part of the OSCAR cluster. So, no need for gateway > setup. And I am testing with the master node only at the moment. > > > you set up the head node as a gateway. Oscar does not currently do > > this, partially because there are many ways to do it and partially > > because not everyone needs it. Also, partially because no one has > > done it yet :) > > I've done this with my another take with OSCAR a couiple of months ago, on a > 32-bit nodes cluster running Fedora Core 5. On this one, nodes can access > internet via NAT/Masquerading. It's damn easy to setup, just fire the text > version of network config and check proper boxes, then enable IP-forwarding > on master node. I don't know why RedHat/Fedora guys had this option hidden in > the usual GUI setup utility. Of course, you can still set it up manually if > you prefer... > > > Here is a howto which I have used to set up my dual nic head node to > > act as a gateway to the outside network. > > > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/ > > > > I think the head node should be able to mount the files, but I am not > > certain it will work neccesarily without the gateway setup either. > > Googled for ages still to no avail. That's a mistery. I can ping, ssh and even > smbclient to the fileserver from the master node but still no write access to > NFS mounts. Checked uids/guids matching and everything else I can think of. > Looks like another Fedora 7 bug, something to do with the old and trusty > portmap being replaced by rpcbind (which is a NetBSD port I guess). > > --Ivan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
