Why are NFS permissions suddenly denied.

[kbb0927@cs.com]

Hello List,

I am running a home lan of mixed linux/windoze boxen.  My server is a pure
SuSE 7.2 with seperate partitions for /home and /public.  I was trying to
back up the information using BRU personal v17.0 (it kept hanging), in
preparation for upgrading the server to SuSE 8.0. Prior to doing anything
I umounted all linux & windoze boxen from the server while the backup was
running.  I decided to forget about it,as BRU kept failing to write to
a tape without alot of errors, and just keep on using SuSE 7.2.  However,
when I went to remount all the boxen, only the windoze will mount the
server.  Each time I try to mount with a linux box, I get; Unable to 
mount...permission denied".

Anyone got any clues as to what is wrong?  the /etc/exports did not change
The permissions on it AFAIK are the same. I can telnet or ssh into the
server from ANY linux boxen. /etc/hosts.allow = ALL:192.161.1.0/255.255.255.0.

Any help appreciated.  Could I just copy my smb.conf files and do a fresh
install of SuSE 8.0 preserving /home and /public?  BTW /etc/exports looks
like this:   /public \
             /cdrom  \mnt\cdrom

Best Regards,

Keith