strange nfs problem, need nfs guru

[Tom H]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 21 August 2014 14:13:59 Tom H did opine


>> Is the nfs server "coyote.coyote.den" or "coyote.den"?
>
> coyote.den is the domain name, prepend the name of the machine to get the
> FQDN, so coyote.coyote.den is the serving FQDN, with lathe.coyote.den,
> router.coyote.den and shop.coyote.den completing the normally powered up
> bits of my local network.

Thanks. I had to ask because it looked like a typo.


>> The first entry should be of the form "server:export" not "server" as
>> you have it above.
>>
> Example?

You had "coyote.coyote.den /net/coyote nfs defaults 0 0" but it
should've been "coyote.coyote.den:/home/gene /net/coyote nfs defaults
0 0".


>> Does the "/net/coyote" directory exist on lathe?
>
> I have had it, and nuked it when it did not help. /net has been chmod'd
> to 0777 just to get that out of the way.
>
> Thanks Tom.

OK.

You're welcome.