Red Hat

Check is there any local iptable if any am not sure or IF your server are under Firewalled .. n/w admin ...

--Shirish

changed the ip address in the host server as

Code:

/remote/proj1  *:255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash,sync)

but the same reason for not being mounted.
Client side:

Code:

[root@localhost /]# mount -t nfs 192.168.20.194:/remote/proj1 /nfs             
mount: 192.168.20.194:/remote/proj1 failed, reason given by server: Permission denied

Pls try the below entry in /etc/export

/remote/proj1 *(rw, sync)

Hope help !!

In mean time pls check your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny entries .. also ..ur service status portmap/nfs ...


--Shirish

Another weird reason given by the client

Code:

mkdir /nfssharepoint
[root@localhost /]# mount -t nfs 192.168.20.194:/home/tom/share /nfssharepoint
mount.nfs: mount point /nfssharepoint is not a directory
[root@localhost /]#

You are doing it all wrong from the beginning!

The proper syntax to export a directory for a specific network or specific group of hosts is like this:

Code:

/remote/proj1  192.168.20.0/24(rw,no_root_squash,sync)

Note that if /remote/proj1 itself is a nfs mounted directory, it cannot be shared once again.

LOL, yeah man! Full Ack!!

srinathk, what do you actually want to do?

Usually there's a server and there's a client, all right?

Do you want to mount a nfs share from server on the client mount point /nfsshare ?

Those two hosts have different IP addresses?

All the stuff you want to do most likely call for root rights!!

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Another weird reason given by the client
mkdir /nfssharepoint
[root@localhost /]# mount -t nfs 192.168.20.194:/home/tom/share /nfssharepoint
mount.nfs: mount point /nfssharepoint is not a directory
[root@localhost /]#
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Classic!

Run

Code:

ls -l /nfssharepoint

Probably there exist a file or link with the same name!

Delete it and run

Code:

cd / && mkdir /nfssharepoint

Better mount it on a different mount point. Run

Code:

ls -l /mnt

and check if there are any free mount points