Re: tlug: NFS permission denied

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com> writes:

Jonathan,

    Jonathan> I want to make the CD-ROM drive on my TurboLinux machine
    Jonathan> available as an NFS mount to my Sparc.  In /etc/exports,
    Jonathan> I have the FQDN of the Sparc, and also it's IP address
    Jonathan> on another line, listed with /mnt/cdrom.

    Jonathan> I also have my Sparc listed in /etc/hosts on my
    Jonathan> TurboLinux box.  I've stopped and started NFS and Inetd,
    Jonathan> but I can't access the CD-ROM drive from the Sparc.
    Jonathan> Issuing:

    Jonathan> mount 202.235.216.25:/mnt/cdrom /mnt/rmt_cdrom

    Jonathan> always gets me a "permission denied" message from the
    Jonathan> server.  What is it about this that my TL box doesn't
    Jonathan> like?  Neither of these machines is registered on DNS;
    Jonathan> is that necessary for NFS to work?

Is the cd mounted on the linux box? You can't remote mount something
that itself is not mounted.

	Did you do a "exportfs -a"? This needs to be done before the
system will see the changes in /etc/exports.

Andy
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