NFS Mount Permission Denied

[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 08:08 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 12:50:54PM -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
> > > Good afternoon
> > >
> > > I was just setting up one of my servers, and ran into a perplexing
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > I edited my /etc/fstab file and added my new mounts ie:
> > >
> > > Srvfs-01:/home		/home			nfs
> hard,intr
> > >
> > >
> > > Then restarted the nfs service
> > nfs service needs to run only on the server not the client.
> > >

fstab does not affect nfs.  Only mounting volumes.

> > When I type
> > >
> > > mount srvfs-01:/home
> > >
> > > I get mount failed, reason returned by server -- permission denied
> > The mount above should be mount /home.
> > >
> > >
> > > I am logged in as root on the box im working on, and im just not
> sure
> > > where to begin trouble shooting this one
> > >
> > > Any insights would be appreciated
> > >
> > > TIM
> [Tim Holmes wrote] 
> Good Morning Folks
> 
> I tried the above suggestions, as far as the mount command syntax, and
> it still returns the same error --  here is the session transcript
> 
> login as: root
> root at 192.168.0.19's password:
> Last login: Thu Apr 14 13:53:56 2005 from mod3teacher.mcaschool.net
> [root at SRVDB-01 root]# mount /home
> mount: srvfs-01:/home failed, reason given by server: Permission denied
> [root at SRVDB-01 root]#
> 
> 
> I hate to admit to confusion, but I am totally lost on this one.
> 
> TIM

NFS requires setup from both ends.  You said you edited the fstab on the
client, but did you do the server end?

The /etc/exports file on the server must have a line allowing the client
to mount the exported volume

It should have a line similar to this
	/home	<client IP>(options)

Since you say this is a new client setup, have you verified the server
is exporting the volume to that client?  If you edit /etc/exports you
will need to restart nfs on the server. 

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