On Sunday 03 August 2008 22:13, Andrew Reid wrote: > On Sunday 03 August 2008 13:36, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > While mfs mounting wasn't working, our LAN was disconnected from the > > wider internet. Although all the machines in question could talk to each > > other, the DSL link to the rest of the world was down because of ISP > > failure. Now it's up again, and NFS mounting works fine again. > > > > So why does nfs need access to the wider internet? > > Does something in your exports file depend on a network > service? NIS/LDAP database for host groups, name resolution > for allowed hosts, or for the NIS/LDAP host?
Replying to myself here, I see that you already mentioned /etc/exports uses IP numbers, so my guess has already been eliminated. -- A. -- Andrew Reid / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]