Hi all

Im currently trying to do an install from nfs server and im getting a connection refused error from the client.

On the server I have loaded the nfsd module and started the pormapper, also added an entry to the exports file, but i still dont seem to be able to connect to the server from the client.

entry in exports file is

/home/share (rw)

i think the nfsd module is required and the portmapper has to be started I also read something about mountd but I cant load or find that module ????

It seems i am onto the correct things here the problem is that I cannot connect to the server to do a network install. Seems like I have left a user or permission thing out.

thanx hope this gets to someone that has used nfs before.

Cheers

This a working example of my exports file:

I can tell you, if you leave out that pisky little * it will not work. At least it didn't for me.

I'm not a nfs expert but I did manage to get mine to work, after adding that pisky little *.

Hope that helps.

Hi,

I'm not an nfs expert either, but I think what's missing is the list of clients that are allowed to connect!

The '*' should match any client that is trying to connect to your nfs server, or you could put in a specific IP address e.g. 192.168.1.2 or what ever your machine happens to have as an IP. It also accepts address ranges such as 192.168.1.* - this should match any client on the 192.168.1 network.

If you read the man pages though, it's all there....

Cheers,

Steve

But if you don't put one or the other, it won't share anything. You can put a specific IP if you want. I don't.

Hi

Thanx for the replys

I will try this as soon as possible will get back to ya

Cheers

You might want to try http://www.tldp.org/ . There are a couple of really useful how-tos for NFS that outline all this stuff. I've currently got a working NFS setup, so if you want I'll post the following files (could be long):

/etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny
/etc/exports
/etc/shorewall/policy
/etc/shorewall/rules
/etc/shorewall/interfaces

Let me know if you would like me to post them; otherwise I won't clutter up the thread with it.

Good luck.

--Dane

Oops! Yep, cheers dalek, that's what I meant. Forgot to put that bit though!

Cheers,

Steve

That's why there are more than one of us here. I actually use webmin to set mine up. It always leaves out that * though. Wonder why it do that??? I have to put it in manually every time.

When it leaves out that *, I get the same error he was getting, permission denied. Took me a bit. I'm getting slow in my old age.

Later