On April 23, 2004 01:23 pm, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rob Freeman wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan Weisenstein" <dan@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:00 PM > > Subject: NFS Mounts > > > >>I have two Linux systems - one Fedora and one SuSE. I'm attempting to > >>mount a file system from one on the other (either way). > >> > >>I've placed the file system in /etc/exports and done an exportfs -a to > >>populate xtab. nfsd and rpc.mountd are running. I've put ALL:ALL in > >>/etc/hosts.allow. The host names are in each others hosts files. > >> > >>mount hostname:/home/shared /mnt/hostname > >> > >>always returns a permission denied. What am I missing? > >> > >>Thanks- Dan > > > > Just a guess, but does the user trying to mount this have rights to > > /mnt/hostname? > > Also make sure portmapper is running. Did you grant the NFS client > rights to mount the NFS export on the server in /etc/exports? One last thing did you HUP or restart nfsd? You need to make sure nfsd reloads the exports file. regards, -- Mark Lane, CET mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx Hard Data Ltd. http://www.harddata.com T: 01-780-456-9771 F: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5X 1Y3 --> Ask me about our Excellent 1U Systems! <--