Apple Mac can't access NFS -

[Bob Goodwin]

Our LAN has a mix of Linux and OSX computers connected to it. The Linux 
computers work as expected but  the OSX computers will not connect, 
complains:

"Could not connect to the server because the name or password is not 
correct."

The servers contain:

-bash-4.1$ cat /etc/exports
#
#    /etc/exports

/nfs4exports 
192.168.1.0/24(ro,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,fsid=0)

/nfs4exports/data 
192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)

/nfs4exports/home 
192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)


Does anyone see anything here that would prevent them from connecting?

Bob

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[poma]

On 05.06.2013 18:07, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>  
>  Our LAN has a mix of Linux and OSX computers connected to it. The Linux
>  computers work as expected but  the OSX computers will not connect,
>  complains:
>  
>  "Could not connect to the server because the name or password is not
>  correct."
>  
>  The servers contain:
>  
>  -bash-4.1$ cat /etc/exports
>  #
>  #    /etc/exports
>  
>  /nfs4exports
>  192.168.1.0/24(ro,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,fsid=0)
>  
>  /nfs4exports/data
>  192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
>  
>  /nfs4exports/home
>  192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
>  
>  
>  Does anyone see anything here that would prevent them from connecting? 
What's up Bob?

/etc/sysconfig/nfs
RPCNFSDARGS="-d -s"

systemctl restart nfs-server
journalctl -f --full


poma

[Bob Goodwin]

On 06/06/13 03:02, poma wrote:
> > > Does anyone see anything here that would prevent them from
> connecting?
>  What's up Bob?
>
>  /etc/sysconfig/nfs
>  RPCNFSDARGS="-d -s"
>
>  systemctl restart nfs-server
>  journalctl -f --full
>
>
>  poma
>
>
>  
I haven't found any definition for "-d -s"  What does it tell it to do?

I tried man /etc/sysconfig/nfs but see no list of options ... I have no 
keyboard/display on the server so it's ssh and vi and my skills with vi 
are minimal. Need to know what I'm doing.

Bob

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[Ed Greshko]

On 06/06/13 22:25, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>  On 06/06/13 03:02, poma wrote:
> >> > Does anyone see anything here that would prevent them from connecting?
> > What's up Bob?
> >
> > /etc/sysconfig/nfs
> > RPCNFSDARGS="-d -s"
> >
> > systemctl restart nfs-server
> > journalctl -f --full
> >
> >
> > poma
> >
> >
> >
>
>  I haven't found any definition for "-d -s"  What does it tell it to do?
man 8 rpc.nfsd

>  I tried man /etc/sysconfig/nfs but see no list of options ... I have no keyboard/display
> on the server so it's ssh and vi and my skills with vi are minimal. Need to know what
> I'm doing.
>
>  Bob
>  

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[Joe Zeff]

On 06/06/2013 07:25 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>  I tried man /etc/sysconfig/nfs but see no list of options ... I have
> no
>  keyboard/display on the server so it's ssh and vi and my skills with vi
>  are minimal. Need to know what I'm doing. 
You don't have to use vi if you don't want to.  I certainly don't!  Use 
nano instead.  Much easier to use.

[Bob Goodwin]

On 06/06/13 10:27, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >> /etc/sysconfig/nfs
> >> >> RPCNFSDARGS="-d -s"
> >> >>
> >> >> systemctl restart nfs-server
> >> >> journalctl -f --full
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> poma
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> > >
> > > I haven't found any definition for "-d -s"  What does it tell it
> to do?
>  man 8 rpc.nfsd
>  
Ok, I've muddled through most of this but the server runs SL-6 and does 
not recognize the command

journalctl -f --full

What is the equivalent command, assuming there is one?


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[Reindl Harald]

Am 06.06.2013 17:48, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni:
>  Ok, I've muddled through most of this but the server runs SL-6
> and does not recognize the command
>  
>  journalctl -f --full
>  
>  What is the equivalent command, assuming there is one? 
the is no systemd nor journald before F15 and RHEL6 is based on F12/F13
look in /var/log/messages and othe files in /var/log as well as dmesg
like all the decades before systemd

[Bob Goodwin]

On 06/06/13 11:22, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > I tried man /etc/sysconfig/nfs but see no list of options ... I have no
> > keyboard/display on the server so it's ssh and vi and my skills with vi
> > are minimal. Need to know what I'm doing.
>
>  You don't have to use vi if you don't want to.  I certainly don't!  
>  Use nano instead.  Much easier to use.  
I usually use "gedit" when I don't have "E3" available but in this
case 
gedit wants a display that I couldn't get to work. I have a vi cheat 
sheet and was able to get by using that it just takes longer. E3em is my 
preferred text editor, have used it "forever" but never see any mention 
of it.

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[Bob Goodwin]

On 06/06/13 11:51, Reindl Harald wrote:
>  Am 06.06.2013 17:48, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni:
> > Ok, I've muddled through most of this but the server runs SL-6 and does not
> recognize the command
> >
> > journalctl -f --full
> >
> > What is the equivalent command, assuming there is one?
>  the is no systemd nor journald before F15 and RHEL6 is based on F12/F13
>  look in /var/log/messages and othe files in /var/log as well as dmesg
>  like all the decades before systemd
>
>  
Ok, will do that.

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[Bob Goodwin]

On 06/06/13 12:02, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>  the is no systemd nor journald before F15 and RHEL6 is based on
> F12/F13
>  look in /var/log/messages and othe files in /var/log as well as dmesg
>  like all the decades before systemd 
In /var/log/Messages I see:

Jun  6 12:17:06 localhost rpc.mountd[29893]: refused mount request from 
192.168.1.29 for /home/nfs4exports/ (/): not exported

192.168.1.29 is the old Mac portable I am using to test with.

"not exported" so why not? Dunno what to look for there?

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[Joe Zeff]

On 06/06/2013 08:56 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>  I usually use "gedit" when I don't have "E3" available but in
> this case
>  gedit wants a display that I couldn't get to work. I have a vi cheat
>  sheet and was able to get by using that it just takes longer. E3em is my
>  preferred text editor, have used it "forever" but never see any mention
>  of it. 
One thing I like about nano (or, "Mork's editor" as I like to call it) 
is that most of the important commands are listed at the bottom of the 
screen, including ^G, which lists the rest of them.  Nice, user friendly 
and with enough features to make it fairly easy to do whatever emergency 
edits you need from a CLI.

[poma]

On 06.06.2013 18:25, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:

>  In /var/log/Messages I see:
>  
>  Jun  6 12:17:06 localhost rpc.mountd[29893]: refused mount request from
>  192.168.1.29 for /home/nfs4exports/ (/): not exported
>  
>  192.168.1.29 is the old Mac portable I am using to test with.
>  
>  "not exported" so why not? Dunno what to look for there? 
Exactly as written. :)
For testing purposes mount locally on the server, point by point.
Afterwards in the same manner at the client.



poma

[Bob Goodwin]

On 06/06/13 16:20, poma wrote:
>  On 06.06.2013 18:25, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
> > In /var/log/Messages I see:
> >
> > Jun  6 12:17:06 localhost rpc.mountd[29893]: refused mount request from
> > 192.168.1.29 for /home/nfs4exports/ (/): not exported
> >
> > 192.168.1.29 is the old Mac portable I am using to test with.
> >
> > "not exported" so why not? Dunno what to look for there?
>  Exactly as written. :)
>  For testing purposes mount locally on the server, point by point.
>  Afterwards in the same manner at the client.
>
>
>
>  poma
>
>
>  
I don't understand what you are suggesting.

Both servers work as expected with any Linux client computer I've tried, 
they are essential to my system. The Apple Mac computers do not connect, 
immediately give me the error message: "Could not connect to the server 
because the name or password is not correct."

What name? What password? No password is required, "name" ?  It's just 
192.168.1.xx, another misleading error message most likely.

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[poma]

On 06.06.2013 23:11, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:

>  I don't understand what you are suggesting.
>  
>  Both servers work as expected with any Linux client computer I've tried,
>  they are essential to my system. The Apple Mac computers do not connect,
>  immediately give me the error message: "Could not connect to the server
>  because the name or password is not correct."
>  
>  What name? What password? No password is required, "name" ?  It's just
>  192.168.1.xx, another misleading error message most likely. 
I can only comment logs on the server side. ;)
Mentioned log on the server says that the client is trying to mount non
exported point.
If this doesn't occur during communication with the Linux based clients,
obviously the problem is in the System 6/7 implementation or
misconfiguration - the client side.
So we went back to the very beginning. :)
Or maybe back to the future, regarding the hardware you are trying to
drive. :)


poma

[Boris Epstein]

Hello there,

What version of OSX are you running?

Macs are very bad with NFS - and under different versions you configure it
drastically differently.

Boris.
On Jun 5, 2013 12:07 PM, "Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <
bobgoodwin(a)wildblue.net&gt; wrote:

>  Our LAN has a mix of Linux and OSX computers connected to it. The Linux
>  computers work as expected but  the OSX computers will not connect,
>  complains:
>
>  "Could not connect to the server because the name or password is not
>  correct."
>
>  The servers contain:
>
>  -bash-4.1$ cat /etc/exports
>  #
>  #    /etc/exports
>
>  /nfs4exports 192.168.1.0/24(ro,sync,**insecure,no_root_squash,no_**
>
> subtree_check,fsid=0)<http://192.168.1.0/24(ro,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,fsid=0)>
>
>  /nfs4exports/data 192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,**insecure,no_root_squash,no_**
>
> subtree_check)<http://192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)>
>
>  /nfs4exports/home 192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,**insecure,no_root_squash,no_**
>
> subtree_check)<http://192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)>
>
>
>  Does anyone see anything here that would prevent them from connecting?
>
>  Bob
>
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[Bob Goodwin]

On 06/06/13 18:09, poma wrote:
>  I can only comment logs on the server side. ;)
>  Mentioned log on the server says that the client is trying to mount non
>  exported point.
>  If this doesn't occur during communication with the Linux based clients,
>  obviously the problem is in the System 6/7 implementation or
>  misconfiguration - the client side.
>  So we went back to the very beginning. :)
>  Or maybe back to the future, regarding the hardware you are trying to
>  drive. :)
>
>
>  poma 
Yes, I am sure you understand my problem and I appreciate your help.

Sometimes your brevity makes it hard for me to follow, requires some 
thought, not a bad thing I guess.

What I was looking for was someone who understood the problems involved 
in getting Mac OSX working with our Linux NFS. I know there were things 
that had to be done to get it working with NFSv3 a couple of years ago, 
I eventually got it to work and it was convenient to have. I'll work on 
it some more tomorrow, end of day here now.

Thanks,

Bob

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[Bob Goodwin]

On 06/06/13 18:25, Boris Epstein wrote:
>  Hello there,
>
>  What version of OSX are you running?
>
>  Macs are very bad with NFS - and under different versions you 
>  configure it drastically differently.
>
>  Boris.
>  
I'm using an old Mac portable with OSX 10.5 installed. The desktop 
computer downstairs has the latest OSX installed, whatever it is 
called?  I observed the problem there and elected to resurrect this old 
portable as a matter of convenience for testing, I have it right next to me.

Both Mac's have the same problem, GO > Connect to Server and I give it 
the address nfs://192.168.1.8:/home  and it immediately returns the 
error message "Could not connect to the server because the name or 
password is not correct."

If as you say it varies with versions then it may be hopeless but I wont 
give up quite yet.

Thanks,

Bob


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[poma]

On 07.06.2013 01:51, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:

>  Yes, I am sure you understand my problem and I appreciate your help.
>  
>  Sometimes your brevity makes it hard for me to follow, requires some
>  thought, not a bad thing I guess.
>  
>  What I was looking for was someone who understood the problems involved
>  in getting Mac OSX working with our Linux NFS. I know there were things
>  that had to be done to get it working with NFSv3 a couple of years ago,
>  I eventually got it to work and it was convenient to have. I'll work on
>  it some more tomorrow, end of day here now. 
Haha cats everywhere, Panthera pardus, Schrödinger's cat, Spherical Cow, …
Bob you can literally try all options,
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/Ma...


poma

[Bob Goodwin]

On 07/06/13 00:02, poma wrote:
>  Haha cats everywhere, Panthera pardus, Schrödinger's cat,
> Spherical Cow, …
>  Bob you can literally try all options,
>
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/Ma...
>
>
>  poma 
I didn't know there were OSX man pages!

It looks like I may need to specify nfsv4 somewhere? If this is 
applicable to my OSX 10.5 client ...

nfsvers=<num>
              Set the NFS protocol version number - 2 for NFSv2, 3 for NFSv3 and 4 for
NFSv4.  The default is
              to try version 3 first, and fall back to version 2 if the mount fails.

      nfsv2
      nfsv3
      nfsv4   Deprecated.  Use -o vers=<num> to specify NFS protocol version.

I'll try this later.

Bob

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[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 07 June 2013, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
sent:
>  I didn't know there were OSX man pages! 
If we dropped the hint that OSX is a based on BSD (a real UNIX), would
that help you?

Of course what works on one doesn't necessarily mean that it'll work on
the other in the same way, but it's a starting point.  Particularly as
BSD has some differences to Linux.

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All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.

[Bob Goodwin]

On 07/06/13 08:40, Tim wrote:
>  If we dropped the hint that OSX is a based on BSD (a real UNIX),
> would
>  that help you? 
No I am well aware of that but it never occurred to me to look for
man 
pages since Apple seems to do their best to conceal everything [my 
impression]. I do know enough to root around in their "Terminal" with 
Unix/Linux commands, just never tried "man" anything ...

Bob

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