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Re: [SLE] nfs "permission denied"
  • From: Silviu Marin-Caea <silviu_marin-caea@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:08:44 +0200
  • Message-id: <200411251008.44625.silviu_marin-caea@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 25 November 2004 09:39, Tim Hanson wrote:
> After installing 9.2 on both a server and a client, I started nfs on the
> server without problems, but attempting to start it on the client turned
> up a "permission denied" message.
>
> The last time I used nfs, if memory serves, was on 9.0, and the
> same /etc/exports file and entries into /etc/fstab on the client were
> successful. /etc/exports was a simple:
>
> * /home (rw,no_root_squash)
> * /var (rw,no_root_squash)

Shouldn't this be:

/home *(rw,no_root_squash,async)
/var *(rw,no_root_squash,async)

?

In my experience, NFS is sensitive to having a working DNS, complete with
reverse look-ups. But in this particular setup, it should work without one.

Look in /var/log/messages on the server after you attempt mounting from the
client.


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