> On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 12:27 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 08:08 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 12:50:54PM -0400, Tim Holmes wrote: > > > > > > Good afternoon > > > > > > > > > > > > I was just setting up one of my servers, and ran into a > > perplexing > > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > I edited my /etc/fstab file and added my new mounts ie: > > > > > > > > > > > > Srvfs-01:/home /home nfs > > > > hard,intr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then restarted the nfs service > > > > > nfs service needs to run only on the server not the client. > > > > > > > > > > > > fstab does not affect nfs. Only mounting volumes. > > > > > > > > When I type > > > > > > > > > > > > mount srvfs-01:/home > > > > > > > > > > > > I get mount failed, reason returned by server -- permission > > denied > > > > > The mount above should be mount /home. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am logged in as root on the box im working on, and im just not > > > > sure > > > > > > where to begin trouble shooting this one > > > > > > > > > > > > Any insights would be appreciated > > > > > > > > > > > > TIM > > > > [Tim Holmes wrote] > > > > Good Morning Folks > > > > > > > > I tried the above suggestions, as far as the mount command syntax, > > and > > > > it still returns the same error -- here is the session transcript > > > > > > > > login as: root > > > > root@xxxxxxxxxxxx's password: > > > > Last login: Thu Apr 14 13:53:56 2005 from mod3teacher.mcaschool.net > > > > [root@SRVDB-01 root]# mount /home > > > > mount: srvfs-01:/home failed, reason given by server: Permission > > denied > > > > [root@SRVDB-01 root]# > > > > > > > > > > > > I hate to admit to confusion, but I am totally lost on this one. > > > > > > > > TIM > > > > > > NFS requires setup from both ends. You said you edited the fstab on > > the > > > client, but did you do the server end? > > > > snip > > > Since you say this is a new client setup, have you verified the server > > > is exporting the volume to that client? If you edit /etc/exports you > > > will need to restart nfs on the server. > > > > > [Tim Holmes wrote] > > The /etc/exports does indeed have that type of line in it and is > > successfully exporting it to other clients. > > > > I have tried restarting the NFS services, and it makes no difference > > > > TIM > > > > The permission denied message comes from the server, not the client. > > You need to very carefully check what is different about the server > config and the client config on those who can and those who cannot > connect. Something is different there. > > Maybe if you posted the contents of /etc/exports from the server and the > IP addresses of the clients who can and cannot connect it may give us > enough information to see the differences. The pertinent lines > from /etc/fstab on 2 of the different machines may be of value as well. > > I know that often times a fresh set of eyes sees the problem that gets > overlooked by one used to seeing what is already there. We see what we > _expect_ to see, and it has happened to me. [Tim Holmes wrote] Ok -- per the requests above here are the files First off -- some background -- The server is our file server -- called SRVFS-01 -- a Pentium 4 2.0ghz box -- running FC2 -- IP 192.168.0.13 The working server is VULCAN - our testbed server -- a dual Pentium 3 400 running FC3 -- IP 192.168.0.22 The non working server is SRVDB-01 - our database server a Pentium 4 2. ghz running FC2 -- IP 192.168.0.19 The /etc/exports file from SRVFS-01 -- this is the NFS server /home 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(sync,no_root_squash,rw) /shared 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(sync,no_root_squash,rw) /root 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(sync,no_root_squash,rw) The FSTAB file from VULCAN -- the test bed server that is working # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 srvfs-01:/home /home nfs hard,intr srvfs-01:/root /root nfs hard,intr srvfs-01:/shared /shared nfs hard,intr /dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0 The fstab file from SRVDB-01 -- The non working database server LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 srvfs-01:/home /home nfs hard,intr srvfs-01:/root /root nfs hard,intr srvfs-01:/shared /shared nfs hard,intr 192.168.0.22:/trial /trial nfs hard,intr The Entry for /trial is a test mount that I did from the Vulcan server to make sure that there was not some thing strange in the client, and it mounts normally The output from the mount -a command when run on srvdb-01 login as: root root@xxxxxxxxxxxx's password: Last login: Sun Apr 17 11:30:45 2005 from mod3teacher.mcaschool.net [root@SRVDB-01 root]# vi /etc/fstab [root@SRVDB-01 root]# mount -a mount: srvfs-01:/home failed, reason given by server: Permission denied mount: srvfs-01:/root failed, reason given by server: Permission denied mount: srvfs-01:/shared failed, reason given by server: Permission denied [root@SRVDB-01 root]# thanks for your help -- TIM
