Re: mount nfs - Operation not permitted

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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:37:37 -0600, Charles Howse wrote:

>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:48:13 -0600, Charles Howse wrote:
>> 
>>>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:33:57 -0600, Charles Howse wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:29:39 -0600, Charles Howse wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm sure this has been asked and answered hundreds of times, but I've
>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>> working on it for 2 days now, and can't resolve the issue.
>>>>>>> I'm trying to mount an nfs filesystem that lives on FC4 from my Macintosh
>>>>>>> across the home lan (machines are only 15' apart).  ;-)
>>>>>>> I can successfully mount nfs shares that live on the FreeBSD machine from
>>>>>>> the Mac, and can successfully ssh to the FC4 box from the Mac.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On FC4:
>>>>>>> [root@shemp ~]# cat /etc/exports
>>>>>>> /disc2 moe(rw,sync) larry(ro,sync)
>>>>>>> /home  moe(rw) larry(ro)
>>>>>>> [root@shemp ~]# cat /etc/hosts.allow
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> # hosts.allow   This file describes the names of the hosts which are
>>>>>>> #               allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
>>>>>>> #               by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> ALL: ALL
>>>>>>> [root@shemp ~]# cat /etc/hosts.deny
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> # hosts.deny    This file describes the names of the hosts which are
>>>>>>> #               *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
>>>>>>> #               by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that
>>>>>>> # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow.  In particular
>>>>>>> # you should know that NFS uses portmap!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> [root@shemp ~]# cat /proc/fs/nfs/exports
>>>>>>> # Version 1.1
>>>>>>> # Path Client(Flags) # IPs
>>>>>>> /home   larry(ro,root_squash,sync,wdelay)
>>>>>>> /disc2  larry(ro,root_squash,sync,wdelay)
>>>>>>> [root@shemp ~]# cat /var/lib/nfs/xtab
>>>>>>> [root@shemp ~]# exportfs -ra
>>>>>>> exportfs: /etc/exports [2]: No 'sync' or 'async' option specified for
>>>>>>> export
>>>>>>> "moe:/home".
>>>>>>>   Assuming default behaviour ('sync').
>>>>>>>   NOTE: this default has changed from previous versions
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On the Mac:
>>>>>>> [charles@larry:~]$ mount -t nfs shemp:/disc2 ~/mnt
>>>>>>> mount_nfs: /Users/charles/mnt: Operation not permitted
>>>>>>> [charles@larry:~]$ mount -t nfs shemp:/home ~/mnt
>>>>>>> mount_nfs: /Users/charles/mnt: Operation not permitted
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> properties for ~/mnt on the Mac:
>>>>>>> 0 drwxr-xr-x    3 charles  charles    102 Nov 20 17:11 mnt/
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My uid/gid are the same on both client and server...my username is the
>>>>>>> same
>>>>>>> on both machines, password is different.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Anybody have a clue?  I've read and read and Google'd and browsed till
>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>> blue in the face.
>>>>>>> Could this be a problem with (what is it...) "non-privileged ports"?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Charles 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I bet it's the firewall in FC4. Turn it off and see if nfs works. Then you
>>>>>> go from there. Besides the port 2049 (nfs) you need to have several other
>>>>>> ports open. The problem is those ports are not always the same, which is a
>>>>>> problem with the firewall.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you all very kindly for the suggestions.
>>>>> The solution to the problem was the lack of the 'insecure' export option in
>>>>> /etc/exports:
>>>>> /home larry(rw,insecure,sync)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I discovered it by tailing /var/log/messages:
>>>>> Dec 28 15:44:00 shemp rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from
>>>>> larry:982
>>>>> for /home (/home)
>>>>> Dec 28 15:44:00 shemp kernel: nfsd: request from insecure port
>>>>> (192.168.254.3:50646)!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Everything works now.  Thanks again.
>>>>> Look for my new thread on discussing why questions to mailing lists and
>>>>> usenet groups don't get answered.
>>>> 
>>>> Strange, I don't have insecure in my /etc/exports on the nfs server:
>>>> 
>>>> /opt                           192.168.2.0/24(rw,sync)
>>>> /home                          192.168.2.0/24(rw,sync)
>>>> 
>>>> and it still works. And I'm all the more surprised knowing how the default
>>>> iptables rules are set on FC4. But maybe you already had the firewall set
>>>> up to allow nfs traffic and the auxiliary nfs services running on fixed
>>>> ports.
>>> 
>>> Did I mention that I turned iptables off?  Didn't even check the ruleset,
>>> just turned it off.
>>> Also made sure that selinux was disabled.
>> 
>> I don't think you did. Turning off the firewall is not a permanent
>> solution. Does it work if you turn it back on?
>> 
>>> 
>>>> Reading the exports man page I see that the secure option is on by
>>>> default, which requires that nfs connections be made from ports < 1024.
>>>> Checking this with netstat on my nfs server I do see connections
>>>> originating on ports 800 and 799, so maybe that's the default behavior
>>>> of FC4 nfs clients. Or maybe I just got lucky.
>>>> 
>>>> Good to know about "insecure" though.
>>> 
>>> It may have something to do with the request coming from the Mac...?
>>> Maybe Mac's use insecure ports for nfs connections?  Haven't looked into
>>> making the Mac use a secure port for nfs.
>> 
>> Out of curiosity, can you do a
>> 
>> netstat -tupan
>> 
>> on the FC4 nfs server while accessing the exported partition from the mac
>> and see what port it's coming from?
> 
> Yes, it works with iptables started, but the only established connection I
> see below, is me ssh'ing to the FC4 box to run those commands.
> 
> [root@shemp ~]# service iptables start
> [root@shemp ~]# netstat -tupan
> Active Internet connections (servers and established)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address
> State       PID/Program name
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2049                0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      -      
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:32769               0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      1348/rpc.statd
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:32774               0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      -      
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:111                 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      1330/portmap
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:628                 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      1720/rpc.rquotad
> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631               0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      1630/cupsd
> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25                0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      1768/sendmail: acce
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:639                 0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN      1732/rpc.mountd
> tcp        0      0 :::110                      :::*
> LISTEN      1750/dovecot
> tcp        0      0 :::22                       :::*
> LISTEN      1678/sshd
> tcp        0   1440 ::ffff:192.168.254.5:22     ::ffff:192.168.254.3:52541
> ESTABLISHED 8920/sshd: charles
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:32768               0.0.0.0:*
> 1348/rpc.statd     
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2049                0.0.0.0:*
> -                  
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:32769               0.0.0.0:*
> -                  
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:676                 0.0.0.0:*
> 1348/rpc.statd     
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:111                 0.0.0.0:*
> 1330/portmap       
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:625                 0.0.0.0:*
> 1720/rpc.rquotad   
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:631                 0.0.0.0:*
> 1630/cupsd         
> udp        0      0 192.168.254.5:123           0.0.0.0:*
> 1691/ntpd          
> udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:123               0.0.0.0:*
> 1691/ntpd          
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:123                 0.0.0.0:*
> 1691/ntpd          
> udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:636                 0.0.0.0:*
> 1732/rpc.mountd    
> udp        0      0 :::123                      :::*
> 1691/ntpd          
> [root@shemp ~]#

Are you actually accessing the nfs partitions from the mac client, when
you run netstat? Copy a big file.



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