Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:25:42 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Marc Frajola <marc@enginet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help - How do I get FreeBSD NFS client to mount FreeBSD server? Message-ID: <199911211925.LAA02308@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 21 Nov 1999 17:54:14 PST." <199911220154.RAA06758@enginet.com>
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Does the 'ps' output on the server show that portmap, mountd, and nfsd are all running? -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. > When I do a 'mount sys:/usr/home/dir /mnt' from a FreeBSD client to >mount a directory on a FreeBSD server (where I think I have NFS server >properly enabled on the server), the mount command hangs, no errors or >hints about what's wrong. I have also checked that NFS client is >enabled on the client (via the rc.conf nfs_client_enable option). > > I have checked the FAQ, specifically sections on networking and >NFS. From the FAQ, I tried using the -P option, which seems to help >Suns and a few other vendor types to work with FreeBSD, but I still get >the same hang. > > I have rebooted both the client and server after all config changes >had been made, so am pretty sure it's not just an error getting the >daemons properly started. > > I've done tons of NFS with SunOS, Solaris, Network appliance, etc, >and am clueless why this isn't working. What am I missing here? > >...Marc... >-- >Marc Frajola, marc@enginet.com > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >==> I'm running FreeBSD 3.2 on a server: > >FreeBSD beacon.synthcom.com 3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #2: Sun Aug 29 21:56:09 PDT 1999 neil@beacon.synthcom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/SYNTHCOM i386 > >==> Here's the /etc/exports file on the server: >#The following examples export /usr to 3 machines named after ducks, >#/home and all directories under it to machines named after dead rock stars >#and, finally, /a to 2 privileged machines allowed to write on it as root. >#/usr huey louie dewie >#/home -alldirs janice jimmy frank >#/a -maproot=0 bill albert ># ># You should replace these lines with your actual exported filesystems. >/usr/home/dir 198.145.98.7 > >==> Here's the rc.conf for the server: > ># This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf ># please make all changes to this file. > ># -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # >ifconfig_fxp0="inet 198.145.98.1 netmask 255.255.255.224" >ifconfig_fxp1="inet 198.145.98.253 netmask 255.255.255.224" >linux_enable="YES" >gateway_enable="YES" >defaultrouter="NO" >ntpdate_enable="YES" >nfs_server_enable="YES" >nfs_client_enable="YES" >named_enable="YES" >network_interfaces="fxp0 fxp1 lo0" >hostname="beacon.synthcom.com" ># >router_enable="YES" # Set to YES to enable a routing daemon. >router="/usr/local/sbin/gated" # Name of routing daemon to use if enabled. >router_flags="" # Flags for routing daemon. > >==> The NFS client is also running FreeBSD: > >FreeBSD unix.synthcom.com 3.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #0: Tue May 18 04:05:08 GMT 1999 jkh@cathair:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 > >==> Here's the rc.conf for the client: > ># This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf ># please make all changes to this file. > ># -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # >ifconfig_fxp0="inet 198.145.98.7 netmask 255.255.255.224" >linux_enable="YES" >defaultrouter="198.145.98.1" >nfs_client_enable="YES" >network_interfaces="fxp0 lo0" >hostname="unix.synthcom.com" > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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