On 19 Aug 2003, Peter Flynn wrote:
> I need to mount my laptop from my server, so I did everything I
> used to do...
>> portmap is running both sides
> rpc.nfsd is running both sides
> rpc.mountd is running both sides
> both machines can see the other (I can ssh between them)
> /etc/exports is set correctly on the laptop (/ servername(ro,etc...)
> exportfs -v confirms this
> laptop hosts.deny is ALL:ALL
> laptop hosts.allow has ALL: aaa.bbb.ccc. (my local network)
>> But mount -t nfs laptopname:/ /dirname gets me the dreaded
> mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
>> Server is RH 6.2 (and has done this mount before with other machines)
> Laptop is RH 9 (and has never been mounted before, poor fella :-)
On laptop: "showmount -e server" and see if server names match
On both server & laptop put each others entries into /etc/hosts (this is
sometimes needed even if they are resolved by dns)
Regards,
Achim Dreyer
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