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Date:      13 Jul 1998 16:54:36 +0100
From:      Graeme Brown <graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk>
To:        "FreeBSD-Net (FreeBSD.Org) List" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   NFS Troubles
Message-ID:  <n1311773780.67570@maczebedee>

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Dear List

NFS trouble... 

I have a FeeBSD 2.2.5 NFS server freeb1 with the following configuration
files relevant to NFS operation

Server "freeb1" /etc/rc.conf

nfs_client_enable="YES"		# This host is an NFS client (or NO).
nfs_client_flags="-n 4"		# Flags to nfsiod (if enabled).
nfs_server_enable="YES"		# This host is an NFS server (or NO).
nfs_server_flags="-u -t 4"	# Flags to nfsd (if enabled).
mountd_flags="-r"		# Flags to mountd (if NFS server enabled).
nfs_reserved_port_only="NO"	# Provide NFS only on secure port (or NO).
rpc_lockd_enable="NO"		# Run NFS rpc.lockd (*broken!*) if nfs_server.
rpc_statd_enable="YES"		# Run NFS rpc.statd if nfs_server (or NO).
portmap_enable="YES"		# Run the portmapper service (or NO).
portmap_flags=""		# Flags to portmap (if enabled).


Server "freeb1" /etc/exports

/        -alldirs    nomad luther
/home2    -alldirs  freeb16.bt-sys.bt.co.uk

Server "freeb1" /etc/fstab

# Device		Mountpoint	FStype	Options		Dump	Pass#
/dev/wd0s1b		none		swap	sw		0	0
/dev/wd0a		/		ufs	rw		1	1
/dev/wd0s1f		/usr		ufs	rw		2	2
/dev/wd0s1e		/var		ufs	rw		2	2
/dev/wd0s3e             /home2          ufs     rw              2       2
proc			/proc		procfs	rw		0	0
/dev/wcd0c		/cdrom		cd9660	ro,noauto	0	0



I am trying to remotely mount a subdirectory of the exported freeb1:/home
on an NFS client running FreeBSD 2.2.6.  The client NFS configuration 
files are 

Client "freeb16.bt-sys.bt.co.uk"  /etc/rc.conf

nfs_client_enable="YES"		# This host is an NFS client (or NO).
nfs_client_flags="-n 4"		# Flags to nfsiod (if enabled).
nfs_server_enable="NO"		# This host is an NFS server (or NO).
nfs_server_flags="-u -t 4"	# Flags to nfsd (if enabled).
mountd_flags="-r"		# Flags to mountd (if NFS server enabled).
nfs_reserved_port_only="NO"	# Provide NFS only on secure port (or NO).
rpc_lockd_enable="YES"		# Run NFS rpc.lockd (*broken!*) if nfs_server.
rpc_statd_enable="YES"		# Run NFS rpc.statd if nfs_server (or NO).
portmap_enable="YES"		# Run the portmapper service (or NO).
portmap_flags=""		# Flags to portmap (if enabled).



When I (as root on freeb16) try to do an nfs tcp mount of a subdirectory of 
freeb1:/home2

I get a permission denied message 

#mount_nfs -T  freeb1:/home2/graeme/cbt-code.tony
/usr/home/graeme/cbt-code.tony



mount_nfs: can't access /home2/graeme/cbt-code.tony: Permission denied

freeb1 and freeb16 can exchange pings OK. they are on separate subnets.


Can anyone suggest why NFS is denying permission ?



TIA

Graeme N Brown
email: graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk





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