[plug] can only see NFS shares on same machine as NFS server

[Ben New]

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to setup NFS for file sharing but having problems 
connecting from the client to the server.  I can see the shares if 
logged into the server, using the X tools that come with Mdk 9.1, but 
can't get anywhere when on a different machine.

The line from the server's /etc/exports file is like below - I used both 
the local IP address range and the workstation's host name in the access 
list to be sure:
/foo   192.168.0.0/24(rw) wkstn(rw)

To mount the NFS path, I first added a line in the wkstn's /etc/fstab 
like this:
server:/foo  /mnt/foo  nfs  noauto,posix  0  0

But when doing a "mount /mnt/foo" I get the message:
mount: RPC: Program not registered

However the file /etc/rpc contains the line:
mountd     1000005   mount showmount

Doing a "showmount [server]" gives me pretty much the same thing, with 
an extra name:
mount clntudp_create: RPC: Program not registered

And on the workstation, using the Mdk tools for mounting NFS shares, I 
get the name of the server entered into /etc/fstab, but nothing else.  
If I take the line out of /etc/fstab, I don't even get the hostname.

Why isn't it working?  There aren't any settings I need to make on the 
wkstn to let it browse the network properly?

Ben


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Ben New
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Leftclick Software Development
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