On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 10:09 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 18:00 +0100, L A wrote: > > I have 2 machines under FC5. I'm trying to configure NFS (Network File > > System) between these 2 machines (client=pc006, server=pc005). > > So, I have added this in /etc/fstab and in /etc/exports: > > /etc/fstab: > > #pc005:/home/rep-export /home/rep-import nfs defaults 0 0 > > 192.168.1.5:/home/rep-export /home/rep-import nfs defaults 0 0 > > > > /etc/exports: > > /home/rep-export *(rw,no_root_squash) > > > > ==> When I use in the client the "IP address" of the server, it works > > very fine, but when I put the "name" of the server at the place of > > this IP address it generate this error: > > mount -a > > mount to NFS server "pc005" failled > I believe that for the hostname to work it must resolve either by being in the hosts file or by DNS. So the client would at least need the servers host name in /etc/hosts with proper IP mapping. > You've mentioned adding to your hosts file, but have you tried adding > both machine names to your hosts files, on both PCs? > > I've not tried using machine names with numbers in them. I wonder if > there's an issue related to that? > > -- > (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. >
