[NFS] Problem in Mounting NFS

[Tom H]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Ted Hilts <ehilts at mcsnet.ca> wrote:
>
> I began with the command:
> "sudo mount -F nfs star:/ted /Mted-star"
>
> I was careful to do:
> sudo mkdir /Mted-star and sudo mkdir /ted.
>
> then I checked "ps -A | grep "nfs"
> and found nfsiod, nfsdr, and multiple intances of nfsd.
>
> after that I built /etc/rc.conf as there was no file and put in it the
> contnets:
> rpcbind_enable="YES"
> nfs_server_enable="YES"
> mountd_flage="-r"
>
> Still not workinging so I checked the /etc/exports file which had some
> examples but all commented and I was not sure what would be the next
> step if any.
>
> Also, I tried reinstalling a number of routines.
>
> Still unable to do the mount.
>
> I have not yet looked at the client side of things.

I don't think that "/etc/rc.conf" will have any effect on Ubuntu.

Take a look at "/etc/default/nfs-common" for nfs server options.

Otherwise, Linda's email's a good guide.