NFS

[Fred Roller]

On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 00:19 -0700, Matthew A Coulliette wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> I am trying to setup NFS on my home network.
> 
> I have installed nfs on the server:
> sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server nfs-common portmap.
> 
> In /etc/exports I added the following line:
> /users/data/fileshare 192.168.0.3(rw,sync,no_root_squash)
> Where 192.168.0.3 is the IP of the client computer.
> 
> 
> I have installed the following on the client computer:
> sudo apt-get install portmap nfs-common
> 
> Next, I made the dir on the client:
> sudo mkdir /home/fileshare
> 
> Here is where I get stuck:
> sudo mount 192.168.0.2:/users/data/fileshare /home/fileshare
> Where 192.168.0.2 is the IP of the server.
> computer responds: access denied by server while mounting.
> 
> Thanks for your responses. Any help would be appreciated.
> MatthewMPP
> 
> 
In addition to the others, my biggest culprits were directory
permissions and the biggy, firewall.  Simple but often over looked.

Also, just to be safe, add the -t nfs to your command:
sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.0.2:/users/data/fileshare /home/fileshare

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