mount/export network file system

[Mike Noble]

ZHANG YD wrote:
> hi,
> I try to export network file system from a PC 'tree'
> to another pc 'frog'. The 'tree' installed with PC2,
> 'frog' installed with RH 9.0, both are networked under
> the same domain, eg its.edu.au
> 
> here is /etc/exports script:
> 
> # export file system to frog
> /home/user4 frog(rw,async,no_root_squash)
> 
> the nfs service started ok eg 
> /sbin/service nfs restart
> Shutting down NFS mountd:             [  OK  ]
> Shutting down NFS daemon:             [  OK  ]
> Shutting down NFS quotas:             [  OK  ]
> Shutting down NFS services:           [  OK  ]
> Starting NFS services:                [  OK  ]
> Starting NFS quotas:                  [  OK  ]
> Starting NFS daemon:                  [  OK  ]
> Starting NFS mountd:                  [  OK  ]
> 
> the fstab line at frog is
> tree:/home/user4   /mnt/tree  nfs  defaults 0 0
> when I tried to mount this at frog with 
> 
> mount /mnt/tree
> 
> I got a error message: 
> 
> mount: RPC: Remote system error - No route to host
> 
> could sone help me fix this?
> 
> YD
>  
> 
> 
> 
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enable the nfs service on the machine tree.

You you also change the /etc/fstab line to read:
tree:/home/user4   /mnt/tree  nfs  defaults 1 2

Mike
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