Need nfs on new install

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 08 July 2012 23:06:55 Joseph Loo did opine:

> On 07/08/2012 07:20 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Greetings;
> > 
> > I did have nfs working to two other machines, just the /home/myname
> > directories from this machine to a pair of 10.04-4-LTS installs in my
> > shop. That was with an uptodate pclos install on this box, but I got
> > tired of the stuff pclos wouldn't let me do, so I installed that same
> > 10.04-4 LTS on this machine.  I have installed enough kde that I can
> > run kmail & play some games, but nowhere near all of it.
> > 
> > autofs is installed and running, and I have exported the /home/me
> > share in /etc/exports.  And which cannot be seen by either of the
> > shop machines.
> > 
> > No nfs shares are showing on either end of the cat5, regardless of how
> > many times I restart autofs.
> > 
> > Then looking for help, I typed man nfs and get instructions on how to
> > add a stanza or two to my /etc/fstab, something I never had to do
> > before! I have 3 former main drives here, nfs worked with a pclos
> > install, it worked with a mandriva install, and neither of those
> > fstabs have a thing about nfs mounts in them.  The 3rd drive did have
> > centos6.2 on it, but I couldn't get so much stuff to work there it
> > only lasted 2 weeks.
> > 
> > So what do I do next?
> > 
> > Thanks for any help.
> > 
> > Cheers, Gene
> 
> On the machine that is exporting the directories do:
>      sudo exportfs
No response, just a prompt back on this machine. Both of the others return:
/home/gene    	<world>
> On the client machine:
>     ifconfig

From shop.coyote.den:
gene at shop:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 38:60:77:4e:38:1b  
          inet addr:192.168.71.4  Bcast:192.168.71.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::3a60:77ff:fe4e:381b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:80500 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24594 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:70784959 (70.7 MB)  TX bytes:1945144 (1.9 MB)
          Interrupt:28 Base address:0x8000 

From lathe.coyote.den:
gene at lathe:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 38:60:77:cd:f3:2f  
          inet addr:192.168.71.5  Bcast:192.168.71.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:260969 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:310847 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:92777292 (92.7 MB)  TX bytes:140936682 (140.9 MB)
          Interrupt:28

And from coyote.coyote.den (this machine):
gene at coyote:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1f:c6:62:fc:bb  
          inet addr:192.168.71.3  Bcast:192.168.71.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21f:c6ff:fe62:fcbb/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2881452 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2146510 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2778075683 (2.7 GB)  TX bytes:470319302 (470.3 MB)
          Interrupt:26 Base address:0x2000

> List the contents of auto.master and the auto.xxx that is going to
> import the files.

coyote/etc/auto-master (I don't think its been touched)
#
# Sample auto.master file
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# For details of the format look at autofs(5).
#
#/misc	/etc/auto.misc
#
# NOTE: mounts done from a hosts map will be mounted with the
#	"nosuid" and "nodev" options unless the "suid" and "dev"
#	options are explicitly given.
#
#/net	-hosts
#
# Include central master map if it can be found using
# nsswitch sources.
#
# Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as
# above) in the included master map any keys that are the
# same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes
# precedence.
#
+auto.master

> 
> If you enable auto.net what does ls /net/nfs server name
> show?
> 
> When you altered the auto.xxx file did you restart autofs?

I have not that I can recall, ever modified an auto.* file to make it work 
on other installs, so what am I expected to do with them, preferably so it 
works both ways for all 3 machines.  I also don't seem to have an 
/etc/auto.xxx file on any of the 3 machines.

Thank you Joseph Loo

Cheers, Gene
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