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Old 07-18-2012
Error problem on sharing cdrom drive in AIX with linux
HI

i have setuped a nfs between a AIX system and a linux os ,keeping AIX as sever
i need to share the CDrom in AIX server with the linux operating system. ie. linux os
machine does't have a cdrom . will i be able be share ..i tried a lot but it gives a message which resembles NFS access denied while mounting.

thanks in advance
Last edited by raguraja; 07-18-2012 at 07:05 AM..
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Old 07-18-2012
Would be helpful if you post the commands issued or/and the line of /etc/exports you use for this.
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Old 07-18-2012
first i have mounted the cdrom to /mnt, i made an entry in /etc/exports as .. /mnt.

Code:
# mount -rv cdrfs /dev/cd0 /mnt   (in server)

# mount <server name>:/mnt /localdir (in client)


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Last edited by zaxxon; 07-18-2012 at 09:32 AM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 07-18-2012
Please use code tags. Ok, but can you post the line you added to your /etc/exports? ...
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