Hello,

I am new to linux, and am trying to figure out how to connect to NFS mount.

This is running on a windows server,

I keep getting "unrecognized mount point" makes me think I may be using the wrong command.

try this on client machine

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You could also check server nfs export list:

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Here is what I get:

[root@cs sbin]# showmount -e 10.67.36.34
Export list for 10.67.36.34:
/RF7800N_NFS (everyone)



[root@cs sbin]# mount -t nfs 10.67.36.34/location/to/dir /rfcafs24/RF7800N_NFS?
mount.nfs: mount point /rfcafs24/RF7800N_NFS? does not exist
[root@cs sbin]#

try creating /rfcafs24/RF7800N_NFS? before mounting

[root@cs sbin]# mount -t nfs 10.67.36.34:/RF7800N_NFS /mnt/tmp
mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting (null)


[root@cs sbin]# cd /mnt/tmp
bash: cd: /mnt/tmp: Permission denied

[root@cs mnt]# cd tmp
bash: cd: tmp: Permission denied



Is this the server denying?

I am able to ping the 10. fine. My guess is I am on the domain if i can ping the 10. I am just trying to rule out any issues from the RHEL client end, if this is the server blocking mount.

This is strange...
Did you try to cd into the directory when loggued as simple user, just in case ?

here it is as normal user:

[jweath02@cs /]$ ls
bin dev home lost+found misc net proc sbin srv tmp var
boot etc lib media mnt opt root selinux sys usr
[jweath02@cs /]$ cd mnt
[jweath02@cs mnt]$ ls
tmp
[jweath02@cs mnt]$ cd tmp
bash: cd: tmp: Permission denied
[jweath02@cs mnt]$


still getting the same regardless if Root or normal user.

What is the output with ls -al /mnt/tmp ?

Does the windows system administrators say something about how to set up unix account to work with nfs shares ?

It seems the question has been changed from NFS mounting to permission issue

first thing I don't get the concept of mounting NFS on /mnt but even if you want to continue using it, I would like to see the permissions on this directory

secondly I would advice to create another folder in root directory to mount NFS
I have never seen any directory name ending with question mark so I would again advice you to check the directory name correctly

On the NFS server run this command and show me the output
also make sure firewall or selinux is not blocking NFS

[jweath02@cs ~]$ ls -l / | grep mnt
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jan 3 21:29 mnt
[jweath02@cs ~]$ ls -l /mnt
total 1
drwx------. 2 4294967294 4294967294 64 Jan 4 08:43 tmp
[jweath02@cs ~]$

[root@cs /]# mount -t nfs 10.67.36.34:/RF7800N_NFS /NFS
[root@cs /]# ls
bin dev home lost+found misc net opt root selinux sys usr
boot etc lib media mnt NFS proc sbin srv tmp var
[root@cs /]# mount -t nfs 10.67.36.34:/RF7800N_NFS /NFS
mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting (null)


First attempt no error, second attempt gets denied.

have you configured any firewall on server?

show me the output of
on both the machine
make sure portmap service is running on server
did you made any changes on server once after mounting?