NFS problems

[Gerald Combs]

Assuming the Unix host is Solaris (which you hinted at below), have you
run '/etc/init.d/nfs.client start'?  Also, did you run showmount on the
client, server, or both?

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, I am Spartacus wrote:

> 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?
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> Gerald Combs wrote:
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> >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/
> >>
> >>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?
> >>>
> >>>Shannon Merritt
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