Problem mounting shared files using NFS

vamseekrishna · 12-11-2006, 01:14 AM

I have an NFS server(installed on RHEL3.0) running in the network.
When I try to mount the shared files using NFS client service from a client machine(client 1), it gives the following error"mount: 172.24.30.6:/nfs/abc failed, reason given by server: Permission denied".

But Im able to mount the same file from other clients in my network.

The shared file is shared to whole world.
/nfs/abc *(ro,sync)---Line added in the /etc/exports file.

tshrinivasan · 12-11-2006, 02:27 AM

restart the nfs server and the portmap
check using
#exportfs -a

check now and tell what happened?

T.Shrinivasan

vamseekrishna · 12-11-2006, 11:56 PM

I have done that but I still have the problem.
Im not able to mount those shared files only from one client.
Will there be any configuration files for NFS wherein we can restrict few clients from mounting the shared files.

tshrinivasan · 12-12-2006, 03:09 AM

Via firewall we can restrict the other systems.

stop the iptables by
service iptables stop

in client only root can mount the nfs file system.
try mounting as root.

can you ping the machine.

test by
nmap <nfs server name or ip>
can u see the services.

tshrinivasan · 12-12-2006, 03:11 AM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ad.php?t=79868

mlsx · 12-12-2006, 07:19 AM

you means you it works well in localhost?
check the nfs server's status

/etc/init.d/nfs status

sometime,the nfs server will become to zombile if occurred,restart

vamseekrishna · 12-13-2006, 12:28 AM

I have some 10-15 files exported from the NFS server.
From a particular client machine im able to mount all the shared files except 2 files.

When i try mounting these two particular files an error "Permission denied from server" is displayed.

Firewall is stopped.

vamseekrishna · 12-13-2006, 12:47 AM

Hi Srinivashan,

Ur link really helped me knowing some useful information.
I have some lines added in the /etc/hosts file related to my client machine.
Even after removing them, im not able to mount the two particular shares.
When I execute the "exportfs -r" It gives an error message for the two particular shares against the client.The error message displayed is as follows,
client.company.com:/nfs/abc:Invalid argument

Im able to ping from my server to client and vice versa

Thanks a lot,
Vamsee