mount to NFS server failed

sly slybloty at gmail.com
Sun Jul 17 21:37:34 UTC 2005


M. Lewis wrote:
> sly wrote:
> 
>> on the stkserver i shared with nfs the folder /mnt/stuff
>> i edit the exports file:
>>
>> cat /etc/exports
>> /mnt/stuff/              222.169.100.0/24(rw,sync,all_squash)
>> exportfs -a
>>
>> i even disabled the security/firewall on the server and client
>>
>> every time i try to mount it on the client i get this error
>>
>> # mount -t nfs STKserver:/mnt/stuff /mnt/share/
>> mount to NFS server 'STKserver' failed.
>>
>> thanx in advance!
>>
> 
> # tail -f /var/log/messages               <--- on STKserver
> 
> Then try to mount it again. Check the log for errors.

Jul 17 17:30:51 stkserver portmap[2894]: connect from 222.169.100.101 to 
getport(nfs): request from unauthorized host

on the server i had this:

# cat /etc/hosts.allow
portmap: 222.168.100. : 127.

and also tried w/ this:

# cat /etc/hosts.allow
portmap: 222.168.100.101/255.255.255.0 : 127.


> 
> I assume you restarted NFS after making the changes?

did it! every time!

> 
> Mike
> 




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