strange nfs problem, need nfs guru

Gene Heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Fri Aug 22 15:24:03 UTC 2014


On Friday 22 August 2014 09:20:13 Tom H did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 August 2014 17:19:05 Tom H did opine
> > 
> >> I haven't used 10.04 in a while but IIRC nfsv4 wasn't what it is
> >> now:
> >> 
> >> - "-t nfs -o nfsvers=4" and "-t nfs -o vers=4" weren't yet available
> >> so you have to use "-t nfs4" (which still works but has been
> >> deprecated)
> >> 
> >> - you have to add "fsid=0" (or "fsid=root") to "/etc/exports" and
> >> you have to use "mount -v -t nfs4 192.168.71.3:/ /path/to/dir" to
> >> mount the "/home/gene" export (but you still have to use "mount -v
> >> -t nfs 192.168.71.3:/home/gene /path/to/dir" for nfsv3).
> > 
> > I'll see if I can decode that and make it work in the morning. I've
> > been doing some badly needed yard work and am about ~30~ for the day
> > now in terms of thinking clearly. Right now a nearly 80 year
> > collection of aches & pains is clamoring for my attention. :)
> > 
> > One more question, would this work if I changed the nfs spec in the
> > fstab file for nfs4?
> 
> On coyote:
> 
> In "/etc/exports":
> 
> /home/gene lathe(rw,sync,fsid=0) shop(rw,sync,fsid=0)
> 
> On lathe/shop:
> 
> mount -t nfs4 coyote:/ /path/to/dir
> 
> and if the above works, in "/etc/fstab":
> 
> coyote:/ /path/to/dir nfs4 defaults 0 0

Looks like its working, but I'll reboot them both for S&G.

Yup, both are working after a reboot and I am a happy camper, thanks Tom.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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