An interesting NFS mounting problem

[Paul N]

On 10/10/07, Zhou, Jingchen <jingchen at slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> I think this has something to do with iptables. I just don't know how to fix this problem. What is funny is that some clients on the same network work, while others (e.g. nfsclient1) don't. Even for nfsclients1, I notice sometime it can mount /u1, /usr/local, but not /home at boot time. Of course, if I do "mount -a" from command line, all gets mounted. By the way, all the clients are configured the same way. This NFS problem appears to be very random.
>

Just to eliminate guesses, if your security can afford it, you could
try taking nfsclient1's iptables out of the picture for the boot:
`/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 iptables off` Reboot, then see if the
same error appears.

Relating to the second half - are /u1, /usr/local, and /home all
exports from the same nfs server?

Paul