On Monday 24 January 2005 15:22, Jeff Vian wrote: >On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 11:05 -0500, David Liguori wrote: >> Gene Heskett wrote: >> > Greetings; >> > >> > I have a dir on this machine that contains all 9 of the FC3 iso >> > images, and I've setup a server: line in my fstab, and setup >> > the /etc/exports file to export that dir to any address in the >> > 192.168.xx.xx block >> > >> > I *think* I have the exports for nfs setup correctly. > >The exports file on the server needs to be set up similar to mine > below. [root@bluebird root]# cat /etc/exports >/archive goliath(rw,no_root_squash) >/opt goliath(rw,no_root_squash) > And goliath is I assume, an alias that points to the FQDN of the machine that wants to import it? What about the path, are '-' signs allowed in nfs, or is the a limit to the depth a directory tree can have in nfs? >this line is in the format ><dir> host(options) >man exports for exact syntax and format required. > >after making sure the proper lines are in there, you will need to do > a restart on the nfs service to reread the exports file. > # service nfs restart > >> > I've even rebooted. >> > >> > On this machine, a showmount -e shows this: >> > [root@coyote root]# showmount -e >> > [root@coyote etc]# showmount -e >> > Export list for coyote.coyote.den: >> > /usr/dlds-misc/FC3 192.168.71.0/255.255.255.0 >> > >> > And on another box as client for machine coyote: >> > [root@gene root]# showmount -e coyote >> > Export list for coyote: >> > /usr/dlds-misc/FC3 192.168.71.0/255.255.255.0 >> > >> > But I cannot connect with the NFS choice on the machine I'm >> > trying to install FC3 on. And at the point in the install, >> > there is no other shell available, so all I can see is the >> > cannot connect messages once I've filled in the address of this >> > box and the path on this box to those iso's. So at this point I >> > have no idea if the network driver the installer has loaded is >> > wrong or what. However, the box is sitting down there with the >> > error message on screen, and I can ping it just fine: >> > >> > PING shop.coyote.den (192.168.71.4) 56(84) bytes of data. >> > 64 bytes from shop.coyote.den (192.168.71.4): icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 >> > time=0.330 ms >> > 64 bytes from shop.coyote.den (192.168.71.4): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 >> > time=0.103 ms >> > 64 bytes from shop.coyote.den (192.168.71.4): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 >> > time=0.097 ms >> > 64 bytes from shop.coyote.den (192.168.71.4): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 >> > time=0.100 ms >> > 64 bytes from shop.coyote.den (192.168.71.4): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 >> > time=0.097 ms >> > >> > telnet and ssh both are refused. >> > >> > Does anyone have a clue to loan me? > >The ping shows the network is working. >telnet and ssh will not be allowed until the OS is installed > >> How do you start the NFS daemon on the server? Usually it's >> through xinetd, or at least it used to be. There are hosts.allow >> and hosts.deny files that are shipped closed down by default >> (usually "all all" is in deny, then only those hosts and services >> you want to allow are in "allow", which overrides the deny). >> Also, you need portmapper running--unless things have totally >> changed since I last set up an NFS server, a few RH releases ago. >> I can say that, in general, things that are potential security >> risks that don't need to be running for basic functionality won't >> be, by default (eg. telnet, ftp, ssh, nfs. Does it accept telnet >> or ssh connections from other machines?)--contrary to the >> traditional Microsoft policy. Your best bet, therefore, is to >> consult a step by step tutorial, like the one alluded to by >> another responder. You can then be reasonably sure of opening up >> all those things, and only those things, that need to be to get >> the desired result. > >I run nfs standalone. That is the default for FC3. Standalone? Define that as opposed to useing the script in /etc/init.d, please? > >> -- >> David Liguori -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.32% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
