strange nfs problem, need nfs guru

[Joseph Loo]

On 08/21/2014 06:57 AM, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>> On Thursday 21 August 2014 04:24:42 Nils Kassube did opine
>> And Gene did reply:
>>> Tom H wrote:
>>>> # See if our running kernel supports the NFS kernel server
>>>> if ! grep -E -qs "[[:space:]]nfsd\$" /proc/filesystems; then
>> Replacing my similar line with this, gets me a more informative msg:
>> gene at coyote:/etc/init.d$ sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart
>>   * Stopping NFS kernel daemon
>> [ OK ]
>>   * Unexporting directories for NFS kernel daemon...
>> [ OK ]
>>   * Exporting directories for NFS kernel daemon...
>> exportfs: /etc/exports [1]: Neither 'subtree_check' or 'no_subtree_check'
>> specified for export "192.168.71.3/24:/home/gene/".
>>    Assuming default behaviour ('no_subtree_check').
>>    NOTE: this default has changed since nfs-utils version 1.0.x
>> exportfs: /etc/exports [2]: Neither 'subtree_check' or 'no_subtree_check'
>> specified for export "192.168.71.3/24:/".
>>    Assuming default behaviour ('no_subtree_check').
>>    NOTE: this default has changed since nfs-utils version 1.0.x
>> [ OK ]
>>   * Starting NFS kernel daemon
>>
>> But, ssh'd into one of those machines, there isn't anything at the /net/
>> link.
> So nfs is now starting.
>
> In to which machine are you ssh'ing?
>
> The nfs server or an nfs client?
>
> Do you have autofs running on the machine where into which you're
> ssh'ing? Is "/net" enabled/uncommented?
>
> What does "ls /net/ip-address-of-nfs-server" (or "ls
> /net/hostname-of-nfs-server" if you have dns set up) return?
>
if you have auto.master on and have the line below
/net  /etc/auto.net

the command will work either with the ip address or the name of the 
machine provided autofs is running

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Joseph Loo
jloo at acm.org