[lug] Linux NFS server, Solaris client

[Michael Belanger]

Grep Ergo Sum - I grep therefore I am wrote:
>>I get a 'Permission Denied' Error when trying to mount linux-based nfs 
>>shares.
> 
> 
> Does showmount -e hostname show that the file system is being exported?

yes!  that may be a good sign.
# showmount -e nurse
export list for nurse:
/      *
/mongo *
/tmp   (everyone)
/home  (everyone)
/data  (everyone)
/raid  (everyone)


> 
> If you:
> 
>    snoop -o /tmp/snoop.out <linux>
> 

# snoop -o /tmp/snoop.out nurse
Using device /dev/hme (promiscuous mode)
24

in another window, I did a mountall

The log filled up with about 24 lines of binary garbage.

> then snoop -V -i snoop.out nfs
> 
>    Do you see any clues in the snoop trace?

# snoop -V -i /tmp/snoop.out nfs
snoop: could not resolve nfs


> 
>    I ran into NFS problems from a laptop between Solaris and Redhat until
> I turned off Redhat's "security level" thingie.  I don't know what it
> does behind the scenes, but it was apparently filtering RPC.
> 
>    From Solaris:
> 
>    mount -o vers=2

This didnt help..
<vfstab>
nurse:/data/nethome - /mnt/nethome nfs - yes rw,vers=2,intr,rsize=8192,soft
</>

mount /mnt
# mount /mnt/nethome
nfs mount: nurse:/data/nethome: access denied

> 
> has frequently been a fix for other NFS-related problems.  Worth a try.
> 
>                                           Dave
> 
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