On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:13:58 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote > dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Tuesday July 20, 2004 at 10:22 a.m. "Wolfgang" <wolfgang@xxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > >>But the one thing that confuses me is that, when I try to mount the nfs > >>share from the client machine, I keep getting a "permission denied" > >>message. (For the purpose of the test, both systems have been setup as > >>the root user. Until I understand better how this is supposed to work, > >>and the man pages, don't seem to make any sense to me either.) > >> > >>Also, the other confusing thing is that, it's suggested to setup the > >>/etc/exports file as such:- (or use nfs server config tool) > >> > >>/name_of_directory 192.168.0.3(rw,no_root_squash) > >> > >>The mount it on the client as:- > >> > >>mount 192.168.0.4:/name_of_directory/ /mount_point > >> > >>The above configuration and mount setup, doesn't make sense. If the > >>server address is x.x.x.3 and it's mounted as x.x.x.4! It's not > >>possible, from what I can see here. > >> > >>Any other ideas/help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. > > No, the first line is the exports file on the server (192.168.0.4), > saying the only machine allowed to mount it is 192.168.0.3. > > The second line is the actual mount command run on the client, > specifying the server at 192.168.0.4. > > > > > > Wolf, > > > > Server with /etc/exports file: 192.168.0.3 > > > > You might try using adding a permanent mount line in your clients' > > /etc/fstab files with the "users" option: > > > > 192.168.0.3:/name_of_NFS_shared_directory/ /local_mount_point nfs \ > > noauto,users,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr 0 0 > > ^^^^^ > > Don't forget you also must have portmap, nfsd and rstatd running on the > server, and (at least) portmap on the client. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > - - VitalStream, Inc. > http://www.vitalstream.com - - > - - Working with Linux is like > wrestling with a worthy opponent. - - Working with Windows is > like picking on an annoyed child with a - - > loaded handgun. - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'd like to thank all those who replied. This has helped me alot. Again Thanks. It make much more sense now. Wolf -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
