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[kprice@xxxxxx (Katherine E. Price)]

Message-ID: <3A3A8600.233C4F22@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:58:40 -0500
From: "Katherine E. Price" <kprice@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [SLE] NFS mounting exported subdirectory problem



Ah ha...it was a mismatched NFS option problem on the server and
client.  On the Solaris server, I exported the home directories with the
option anon=-1.  I wasn't sure how to set this option on a Linux client,
so I I removed the option from the share (export) command on the Solaris
server.  With that change, the Linux client was able to mount the
individual subdirectories.

Thanks,

Katherine

Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
> 
> I suspect you have to add entries for the subdirectories on the
> server.  I am using the opposite situation, a Linux NFS server and a
> Solaris NFS client.  I tried mounting a filesystem read-only that was
> exported read-write.  No good.  It had to be mounted read-write.  The
> "sensible" subsetting of permissions did not work.  An exact match was
> required.
> 
> HTH,
>   Jeffrey
> 
> Quoting Katherine E. Price <kprice@xxxxxx>:
> > I am having a problem mounting a subdirectory of an NFS exported
> > filesystem on a SuSE 7.0 installation.  I have a set of home
> > directories residing in the /export/home filesystem on a Solaris box
> > (bear).  I can mount the entire home filesystem without a problem on
> > my Linux box (seal):
> >
> >   bash-2.04# ls -F /home
> >   kprice/
> >
> >   bash-2.04# mount -t nfs bear:/export/home /home
> >
> >   bash-2.04# su kprice
> >   $ ls -F /home
> >   ben/    intranet/  kprice/    mikew/   prioux/  sadams/
> >
> >   bash-2.04# mount
> >   ...
> >   bear:/export/home on /home type nfs (rw,addr=10.2.2.33)
> >
> > It is my understanding that a subdirectory of an exported filesystem
> > can also be mounted, but I am unable to mount a subdirectory of the
> > exported home filesystem:
> >
> >   bash-2.04# umount /home
> >   bash-2.04# ls -F /home
> >   kprice/
> >
> >   bash-2.04# mount -t nfs bear:/export/home/kprice /home/kprice
> >   mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
> >       bear:/export/home/kprice, or too many mounted file systems
> >
> > The following messages were output to the syslog by the second mount
> > command:
> >
> >   Dec 14 19:35:57 seal kernel: call_verify: server requires stronger
> > authentication.
> >   Dec 14 19:35:57 seal kernel: call_verify: unknown auth error:
> > 5
> >   Dec 14 19:35:57 seal kernel: nfs_read_super: get root fattr failed
> >
> > At any rate, I have home filesystems residing on a couple of servers,
> > and thus I do not want to mount a particular server's home filesystem
> > as /home on my linux box.  Instead, I would like to selectively mount
> > individual users' home directories from multiple file servers.
> >
> > Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Katherine Price
> >
> > --
> > Katherine Price
> > kprice@xxxxxx
> >
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