NFS Mount Problems

[mikechappars]

I am having great difficulty with my NFS mount. I get RPC not registered errors when I run showmount, or when I try to mount it remotely. I think that the big problem is that when I run rpcinfo I do not see mountd in the list... How do I get it in there? Also, when I ps -e I see mountd and nfsd running...

 

[lancer73]

you have to have nfs server running on the server. put an entry into /etc/dfs/dfstab and run /etc/init.d/nfs.server start

 

[kumarsaga]

You have to restart rpc ( /etc/init.d/rpc stop && start ) .

 

[Soladm]

Beware....

Be very careful when you stop the rpc. It may cause you whole system to hang. You should NOT need to do anything with /etc/init.d/rpc in order to get NFS running. Lancer73 pretty much got it. You may want to run the /etc/rc2.d/S73nfs.client as well. If you cannot use the new directory try restarting autofs (/etc/rc2.d/S74autofs stop/start)... I may be slightly off on the S## for these, but they should be very close.

This should do it.

Good Luck!! Have a Great Day!!
~Sol
Sys Admin

 

[Butterfly123]

A suggestion:

If u r running services like naming services (NIS/NIS+) be sure to stop them before restarting RPC.

Regds,

- Hemant
Networking and Systems Integration Group
Satyam Computer Services Ltd

 

[Soladm]

One more thing....

If you do an ls and the shared directory is not listed, try doing a 'cd' to the new directory anyways. Sometimes the directory is actually there, but doesn't actually display until someone actually accesses it.

Have a Great Day!!
~Sol
Sys Admin