First try at NFS

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:03:22 -0500, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 11:00:41PM -0800, Ian Stephen took 58 lines to write:
> > Hi folks
> >
> > I've been using sftp and scp between my laptop and desktop, but kept
> > thinking someday I should learn something about NFS.
> >
> > Tried today using (mostly) Mandrake 10's GUI method with the desktop
> > machine as server and have met with frustration.
> 
> What is the output of "showmount -e <desktop>" from both the desktop
> and the laptop? It should show the list of exports. You might also try
> "exportfs" on the server just to make sure that it is actually exporting
> things.
> 
> > I put the line "portmap: <laptop ip>" in /etc/hosts.allow
> 
> To make sure everything is properly configured, restart the portmapper
> on both the client and the server.
> 
> > /etc/exports is good I think, with the ip of the laptop specified and
> > "rw,all_squash,anonuid=<my_normal_uid>,anongid=<fileshare_gid>, sync"
> 
> > From the laptop 'rpcinfo -p <desktop_ip>' gives
> 
> And what of "rpcinfo -p" for the laptop itself?
> 
> 
> 
> >  program vers proto   port
> >     100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
> >     100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
> >     391002    2   tcp  32768  sgi_fam
> >     100003    2   udp   2049  nfs
> >     100003    3   udp   2049  nfs
> >     100003    4   udp   2049  nfs
> >     100003    2   tcp   2049  nfs
> >     100003    3   tcp   2049  nfs
> 
> [...]
> 
> This looks right. You might want
> >
> > and nmap -v <desktop_ip> finds port 111 and 2049 open
> >
> > but attempting to mount the remote directory from cli on the laptop
> > gives "mount: RPC: Timed out" and attempts to connect from Mandrake
> > Control Center or from Konqueror seem to time out as well.
> 
> What is the mount command you are using?
> 

Do you have a firewall bloking any needed ports?

-- 
 Collins