From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 6 16:03:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0E59106564A for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:03:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9BC78FC15 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SnB0T-0000OV-MU for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:03:45 +0200 Received: from cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com ([86.21.186.149]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:03:45 +0200 Received: from walterhurry by cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:03:45 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Walter Hurry Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:03:27 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 59 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Subject: NFS mount error: RPCPROG_MNT: RPC: Authentication error; why = Client credential too weak X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:03:47 -0000 I am running FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE (64 bit), with a VirtualBox VM also running the same. On the host I am running NFS server: $ showmount -e Exports list on localhost: /usr/home Everyone But when I try to mount is on the client (the VM guest) I get this: # mount xxxxxx:/usr/home /mnt [tcp] xxxxxx:/usr/home: RPCPROG_MNT: RPC: Authentication error; why = Client credential too weak # On the server, in /var/log/messages I see this: mountd[29140]: mount request from nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn from unprivileged port So I infer that the 'unprivileged port' bit is the problem. Further information - on the client: $ rpcinfo xxxxxx program version netid address service owner 100000 4 tcp 0.0.0.0.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 3 tcp 0.0.0.0.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 2 tcp 0.0.0.0.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 4 udp 0.0.0.0.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 3 udp 0.0.0.0.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 2 udp 0.0.0.0.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 4 tcp6 ::.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 3 tcp6 ::.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 4 udp6 ::.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 3 udp6 ::.0.111 rpcbind superuser 100000 4 local /var/run/rpcbind.sock rpcbind superuser 100000 3 local /var/run/rpcbind.sock rpcbind superuser 100000 2 local /var/run/rpcbind.sock rpcbind superuser 100003 2 udp 0.0.0.0.8.1 nfs superuser 100003 3 udp 0.0.0.0.8.1 nfs superuser 100003 2 udp6 ::.8.1 nfs superuser 100003 3 udp6 ::.8.1 nfs superuser 100003 2 tcp 0.0.0.0.8.1 nfs superuser 100003 3 tcp 0.0.0.0.8.1 nfs superuser 100003 2 tcp6 ::.8.1 nfs superuser 100003 3 tcp6 ::.8.1 nfs superuser 100005 1 udp6 ::.2.94 mountd superuser 100005 3 udp6 ::.2.94 mountd superuser 100005 1 tcp6 ::.2.94 mountd superuser 100005 3 tcp6 ::.2.94 mountd superuser 100005 1 udp 0.0.0.0.2.94 mountd superuser 100005 3 udp 0.0.0.0.2.94 mountd superuser 100005 1 tcp 0.0.0.0.2.94 mountd superuser 100005 3 tcp 0.0.0.0.2.94 mountd superuser $ What am I doing wrong? I am new to NFS.