mount.nfs:connection timed out
Linda
haniganwork at earthlink.net
Sat Sep 26 23:17:18 UTC 2009
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.
>
>
The directory is mounted with drwxrwxrwx permissions so it isn't a file
permission issue.
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