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? Just guessing. -- A. -- Andrew Reid / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]