NFS

[Matthew A Coulliette]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for the replies, with your help I was able to workout the bugs.
It works beautifully now.

MatthewMPP


Fred Roller wrote:
> 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
>