mount.nfs:connection timed out

[vellingiri]

Dear Friend,
          Please check the log message on the server.

  Regards,
S.Vellingiri.

Fred Roller wrote:
> Linda wrote:
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>> Fred Roller wrote:
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>>> Linda wrote:
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>>>> I'am looking for suggestions to solve a nfs problem. I did the updates 
>>>> of 8.04.3 LTS  that required a reboot this week. I have several 
>>>> directories that are shared via nfs. After I rebooted the machines one 
>>>> of the nfs directories would not mount on the client. The directory is 
>>>> for an external usb hard drive used for backups. I tried unmounting the 
>>>> directory and remounting it on the server than doing a exportfs -rav It 
>>>> shows it exports the directory to the right ip address. However the 
>>>> client continues to give me the error mount.nfs.connection:connection 
>>>> timed out. I am at a loss to why this one directory will not mount on 
>>>> the client when all the other nfs directories are working fine. The usb 
>>>> drive is properly mounted on the server. Any ideas on what could be 
>>>> going on?
>>>>           Thanks
>>>>             Linda
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>>> Have you tried mounting to a different client to rule out a client issue?
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>> I will try exporting it to an additional client, but the client that is 
>> giving the error message is mounting the other nfs directories from the 
>> same server without a problem
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> Do that and take a thorough look at the permissions the directory has 
> set.  Alot of my nfs issues turned out  to be ownership or permissions; 
> especially since the directory in question is a usb drive.  Apologies if 
> this seems simple, just going through TS process.
>
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