I'm trying to mount a directory on another linux machine but I keep getting "connection refused."

This is what I'm doing:

>mount //server1/home/ /mnt/remote

I think this question is so easy that I'm having a hard time finding anything here that talks about it. They are both RH9 machines.

Also, is there a way to mount these system via SSH connection? Thanks again!

Mike

What type network filesystem are you trying to mount NFS or SAMBA?
If NFS what does the /etc/exports file look like on the server? Is nfsd running on the server.
ps -ef | grep nfs;
If samba what does /etc/samba/smb.conf look like on the server. Is smbd running.
ps -ef | grep smb;
Are there any iptables rules on the server.
iptables -L -n;

Wow.. I didn't think this would be so detailed, hehe. Thanks for responding. Do you see anything maybe I'm doing wrong? I see that

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NFS is running:

root 7858 7164 0 17:02 pts/2 00:00:00 grep nfs

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Here is my /etc/exports

/home johnston(rw) alucard(rw)

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And here is my IP chains:

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT (2 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT udp -- 132.62.109.6 0.0.0.0/0 udp spt:53 dpts:1025:65535
ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:80 flags:0x16/0x02
ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:22 flags:0x16/0x02
ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
REJECT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpts:0:1023 flags:0x16/0x02 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
REJECT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:2049 flags:0x16/0x02 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
REJECT udp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpts:0:1023 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
REJECT udp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:2049 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
REJECT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpts:6000:6009 flags:0x16/0x02 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
REJECT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:7100 flags:0x16/0x02 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

You are firewalling port 2049 nfs. You don't want users on the internet to use NFS there are security issues with it so add
iptables -I INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp -dport 2049 -j ACCEPT;
iptables -I INPUT -i eth1 -p udp -dport 2049 -j ACCEPT;
where I assume eth1 is a internal facing nic. If it is already behind firewall then drop the firewall stuff.
iptables -F;

To make the changes perminant
/etc/init.d/iptables save;
ONLY RUN THIS LAST STEP AFTER YOU ARE SURE IT IS WHAT YOU WANT.
That should do it.

Thank you G-rod! I'm looking into it right now. I have run into one problem trying to add what you suggested.

iptables -I INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp -dport 2049 -j ACCEPT;

Bad argument `2049'

I'm looking through the help right now to see if I can figure out how to fix it. =)

My bad its --dport not -dport

That didn't work, so I must be doing something else wrong or have something else misconfigured.

[root@server2 mnt]# smbmount //server1/home /mnt/remote
Error connecting to 10.10.10.120 (Connection refused)
7983: Connection to remote failed
SMB connection failed

It's np... I'll just work on it more tomorrow. Thanks so much for your help.

I thought you were doing it via NFS not Samba.
try
mount -t nfs server1:/home /mnt/home;
make sure the directory /mnt/home exists.
What user are you logged in as?