Help with NFS on FC1

[Chadley Wilson]

Greetings,

Please can some one assist me here,
There is a spook in my FC1 PC config,

The NFS firstly would not start,
Now I get it started and no-one has permission to access the fileshare.

[root@preload root]# mount preload:/fc1 test/
mount: preload:/fc1 failed, reason given by server: Permission denied
[root@preload root]#ls -la /
snipped
drwxr-xr-x    6 rpcuser  rpcuser      4096 Aug 31 05:01 fc1
snipped

What should the perms be here I had them as root and changed them,

I have also tried these lines in /etc/exports
/fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
and                                                  ^^
/fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.255(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
                                                        ^^^
/var/log/messages reports:

Aug 31 12:53:52 preload rpc.mountd: refused mount request from 
preload.teq.pinteq for /fc1 (/): no export entry

[root@preload root]# exportfs
/fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0
[root@preload root]#

Well I am very lost ?

[Alexander Apprich]

Hi Chadley,

not sure if I can really help you...

Chadley Wilson wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Please can some one assist me here,
> There is a spook in my FC1 PC config,
>
> The NFS firstly would not start,
> Now I get it started and no-one has permission to access the fileshare.
>
> [root@preload root]# mount preload:/fc1 test/
> mount: preload:/fc1 failed, reason given by server: Permission denied
> [root@preload root]#ls -la /
> snipped
> drwxr-xr-x    6 rpcuser  rpcuser      4096 Aug 31 05:01 fc1
> snipped
>
> What should the perms be here I had them as root and changed them,
>
> I have also tried these lines in /etc/exports
> /fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
> and                                                  ^^
> /fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.255(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
>                                                         ^^^

Which one did you finally use?
> /var/log/messages reports:
>
> Aug 31 12:53:52 preload rpc.mountd: refused mount request from 
> preload.teq.pinteq for /fc1 (/): no export entry

Does /fc1 really exist under / ?
> [root@preload root]# exportfs
> /fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0
> [root@preload root]#

Try

exportfs -av
> Well I am very lost ?

Did you restart the nfsserver?
>

Alex

[Chadley Wilson]

On Tuesday 31 August 2004 15:17, Alexander Apprich wrote:
> Hi Chadley,
>
> not sure if I can really help you...
>
> Chadley Wilson wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Please can some one assist me here,
> > There is a spook in my FC1 PC config,
> >
> > The NFS firstly would not start,
> > Now I get it started and no-one has permission to access the fileshare.
> >
> > [root@preload root]# mount preload:/fc1 test/
> > mount: preload:/fc1 failed, reason given by server: Permission denied
> > [root@preload root]#ls -la /
> > snipped
> > drwxr-xr-x    6 rpcuser  rpcuser      4096 Aug 31 05:01 fc1
> > snipped
> >
> > What should the perms be here I had them as root and changed them,
> >
> > I have also tried these lines in /etc/exports
> > /fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
> > and                                                  ^^
> > /fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.255(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
> >                                                         ^^^
>
> Which one did you finally use?

This one
192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
>
> > /var/log/messages reports:
> >
> > Aug 31 12:53:52 preload rpc.mountd: refused mount request from
> > preload.teq.pinteq for /fc1 (/): no export entry
>
> Does /fc1 really exist under / ?

Yes I have created it in the /home dir as well even there it wont work,
> > [root@preload root]# exportfs
> > /fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0
> > [root@preload root]#
>
> Try
> exportfs -av
>
> > Well I am very lost ?
>
> Did you restart the nfsserver?

Yip and  portmap, named, dhcp, ssh, http, squid,  the PC several times.

But I would like you to know that I have an idea as to what has to be done 
now, much learning has taken place last night.
I have all services running smoothly. 
One problem: the nfs server is for a linux installation server, hence the fc1 
dir. Taking an aleady installed PC and booting up DHCP the hostname and all 
and all gets set. Then the PC can access the NFS share. Cool.
But If I try a network installation it fails, Why? easy Permissions. But I 
have specified the IP range as who has access, If you are on my range you get 
access, right, When you do an NFS install booting from CD-Rom it seems that 
although the PC is an IP the server is still refusingto give it access.

But heres the problem, If I set the acces to the NFS Share to <world> then the 
bugger refuses to start.
(mmm, wheres my sledge hammer, I make it start! :=} )

I would assume that this has something to do with my dhcp/dns config.
Have you got ideas?

By the way thanks for the response, people seem to be chicken lately to take 
on a challenge especially when its not their own. :-}

[Bob Chiodini]

On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 17:57, Chadley Wilson wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Please can some one assist me here,
> There is a spook in my FC1 PC config,
>
> The NFS firstly would not start,
> Now I get it started and no-one has permission to access the fileshare.
>
> [root@preload root]# mount preload:/fc1 test/
> mount: preload:/fc1 failed, reason given by server: Permission denied
> [root@preload root]#ls -la /
> snipped
> drwxr-xr-x    6 rpcuser  rpcuser      4096 Aug 31 05:01 fc1
> snipped
>
> What should the perms be here I had them as root and changed them,
>
> I have also tried these lines in /etc/exports
> /fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
> and                                                  ^^
> /fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.255(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
>                                                         ^^^
> /var/log/messages reports:
>
> Aug 31 12:53:52 preload rpc.mountd: refused mount request from 
> preload.teq.pinteq for /fc1 (/): no export entry
>
> [root@preload root]# exportfs
> /fc1            192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0
> [root@preload root]#
>
> Well I am very lost ?
>
> -- 
> Chadley Wilson

Chadley,

Are you trying to mount /fc1 under /test on himself?  Does /test exist?
/fc1 is not itself a remote mount?

As a test try removing the host/address field and let it default to
world.  After the changes: service nfs restart.  tail /var/log/messages
and look for errors, warnings are usually okay.  I have not had 100%
success with the exportfs command (might be just me though).

What does exportfs (w/o any options) tell you?

Bob...

[Paul Howarth]

Bob Chiodini wrote:
> Are you trying to mount /fc1 under /test on himself?  Does /test exist?
> /fc1 is not itself a remote mount?
>
> As a test try removing the host/address field and let it default to
> world.  After the changes: service nfs restart.  tail /var/log/messages
> and look for errors, warnings are usually okay.  I have not had 100%
> success with the exportfs command (might be just me though).
>
> What does exportfs (w/o any options) tell you?

Also what is the output of:

/usr/sbin/showmount -e preload

when run (a) on the machine you're trying to do the mount on, and (b) on 
preload itself?

Paul.