sharing NFS directory with multiple boxes

[Roger Heflin]

Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> With help from this list, I've installed NFS and opened the appropriate
> ports on the server. I can mount the shared directory on more than one
> machine as long as I use this mount command on each one:
> mount -t nfs 192.168.1.14:/home/magnusg/music /mnt/music
> 
> I'd like to make this mount automatic whenever the client machines boot.
> But when I add this line to the /etc/fstab files on each machine:
> 192.168.1.14:/home/magnusg/music  /mnt/music    nfs  rw,hard,intr,bg 0 0

Add "defaults" or "auto" to the options.

You can test the fstab option with:

mount -a -t nfs

> 
> I find only one of the clients can access the shared directory.
> Do I have this fstab file line coded incorrectly?
> Also, what and where are the NFS log files in case there are some
> interesting error messages?
>   
/var/log/messages on both the client and server.

> Thanks for the help! --Jerry
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