NFS problems

[I am Spartacus]

showmount shows the export properly.  when i try to mount it from the
unix host, i get "RPC: Program not registered, retrying..."  then it
just sits there retrying and never succeeding.  any ideas?

Gerald Combs wrote:

>Also, the showmount command (particularly 'showmount -e') is helpful in
>determining what's being shared and what's not on a server.
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>On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Michael wrote:
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>>Are you running the NFS services from the Linux box? Have you tried
>>mounting the files your Linux box is serving to another point on the same
>>box (just to verify it is running)? NFS on Linux is sort of a pain and the
>>documentation is sort of shabby so don't feel to bad if it doesn't work at
>>first try. ;)
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>>The girl who stoops to conquer usually wears a low-cut dress.
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>>;):):-):):-):):-)8')
>>Michael McGlothlin <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
>>http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/
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>>On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, I am Spartacus wrote:
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>>>I hope someone can help me with this.  I have a network of mostly Unix
>>>(Solaris) and a couple of Linux servers (Redhat 7.2).  One of the Unix
>>>servers runs our logfile analysis software and analyzes the logs on all
>>>of the other servers.  It accesses the other server logs via NFS mount
>>>points.  The Unix-to-Unix NFS stuff works fine, but I can't seem to
>>>mount a Linux NFS export on my Unix server.  The NFS-related commands
>>>are somewhat different between the two platforms and I am much more
>>>familiar with the Solaris side of things.  Can someone help me out here?
>>> How do I verify that I have the necessary daemons running on the Linux
>>>box?   How can I see what is currently being shared via NFS on the Linux
>>>box?  I know how to mount the shares on the Unix box, but right now the
>>>Unix box can't see that anything is being shared from Linux.  I know I
>>>am missing something.  Help?
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>>>Shannon Merritt
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