David, Thanks for the quick reply. I have a small network with several RedHat machines, a Slackware machine, and now a Debian machine. I'm considering migrating all to Debian because I think apt-get is the best way to maintain. Using nfs is my first big stumbling block.
Server henry has been around since the dark ages and is running RH5.2, Linux 2.0.36. All the other machines mount henry. My debian machine is knuth, running 2.2.19-idepci. The machine feynman is running RH7.1. Some of the entries in henry /etc/fstab are: franklin:/ /mnt/franklin nfs exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 1 1 ohm:/ /mnt/ohm nfs exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 1 1 ampere:/ /mnt/ampere nfs exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 1 1 bohr:/ /mnt/bohr nfs exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 1 1 volta:/ /mnt/volta nfs exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 1 1 watt:/ /mnt/watt nfs user,exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 1 1 thevenin:/ /mnt/thevenin nfs exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto 1 1 feynman:/ /mnt/feynman nfs exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 1 1 knuth:/ /mnt/knuth nfs exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 1 1 Some of the entries in henry /etc/exports are: / thevenin.amplepower.com(rw,no_root_squash) / einstein.amplepower.com(rw,no_root_squash) / faraday.amplepower.com(rw,no_root_squash) / feynman.amplepower.com(rw,no_root_squash,insecure) / knuth.amplepower.com(rw,no_root_squash,insecure) On knuth, /etc/exports looks like: / feynman.amplepower.com(rw,no_root_squash,insecure) / henry.amplepower.com(rw,no_root_squash,insecure) On knuth the ps ax |grep portmap says: 84 ? S 0:00 /sbin/portmap Trying to mount knuth from henry says: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# mount /mnt/knuth mount: RPC: Program not registered Trying to mount knuth from feynman says: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc]# mount /mnt/knuth/ mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused Trying to mount henry from knuth says: knuth:/etc# mount /mnt/henry mount: henry:/ failed, reason given by server: Permission denied Trying to mount feynman from knuth says: knuth:/etc# mount /mnt/feynman mount: RPC: Program not registered I apologize for all the data - I've probably overlooked something simple, but I thought I understood nfs enough to get it working. BTW the machine named bohr is running slackware and it works like all the others - it can mount henry, or henry can mount bohr. Bohr is a backup machine, so most of the other machines can mount bohr to do backups. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, David Wright wrote: > > > Why can't I find a simple answer when I search for `starting nfs' on the > > Debian site? I'd like to get nfs started and show up in some form when I > > do a ps ax |grep nfs, but I'm stymied. Man nfs is no help either. What > > am I missing? > > nfs runs in the kernel, so you won't see an "nfs" process when you "ps > aux". you will see portmap, the rpc daemon, on both the client and the > server, and portmap, mountd, and lockd on the server. > > Using NFS is very straightforward. On the server > 1. apt-get nfs-kernel-server nfs-common portmap > 2. adjust /etc/exports (man exports for details) > 2. /etc/init.d/portmap start > 3. /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server start > On the client > 1. apt-get nfs-common portmap > 2. /etc/init.d/portmap start > 3. mount nfs.example.com:/home /mnt OR > adjust /etc/fstab to your liking (man fstab for details) > See the NFS HOWTO for more info. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
