On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 10:09 +1030, Tim wrote:
On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 18:00 +0100, L A wrote:
> I have 2 machines under FC5. I'm trying to configure NFS (Network File
> System) between these 2 machines (client=pc006, server=pc005).
> So, I have added this in /etc/fstab and in /etc/exports:
> /etc/fstab:
> #pc005:/home/rep-export /home/rep-import nfs defaults 0 0
> 192.168.1.5:/home/rep-export /home/rep-import nfs defaults 0 0
>
> /etc/exports:
> /home/rep-export *(rw,no_root_squash)
>
> ==> When I use in the client the "IP address" of the server, it works
> very fine, but when I put the "name" of the server at the place of
> this IP address it generate this error:
> mount -a
> mount to NFS server "pc005" failled
This is a working example. Might help you debug your condition:
http://www.computerperceptions.net/nfs/
erich