NFS

[NoOp]

On 07/15/2009 04:44 PM, Matthew A Coulliette wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Thanks for the replies, with your help I was able to workout the bugs.
> It works beautifully now.
> 
> MatthewMPP

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> 
> 
> 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
>> 
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