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This is driving me crazy. I have one box running RH 9 and another running Mandrake 9.1 networked via a Netgear Router which acts as the DHCP server and g/w to the internet.
I am trying to get NFS working betweent the two boxes. I can see the files and directories on the other box (I have tried both boxes as a server) but I can gain access to them. I have tried to follow the guide on setting this up with r/w permissions etc. The only thing I can see wrong is the UID on one box is 500 and on the other 501.
What really makes this frustrating is the fact that the MD box dual boots to XP and RH networks real easy to XP.
You should probably use static IP addresses. I had problems with nfs on dhcp addresses if IPs change often. Also, if you set static addresses, put host entries of both boxes in the /etc/hosts file. BTW, what errors are you getting in the logs /var/messages on both boxes, client and server, when you try to mount?
Also, make sure the user's UID is the same from both boxes.
Last edited by sidmark-2850; 10-08-2003 at 12:48 AM.
You can specify the UID manually by using the usermod command. Do a man usermod. You can set the uid manually while creating a user from the command line by using the adduser command with the -u parameter. The same applies to group and the groupadd with the -g parameter. Look at the man pages for those commands for more details.
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