On Saturday 30 March 2019 11:41:30 Jason wrote: > On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 09:53:20PM -0500, Jason wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 09:20:17PM -0500, Jason wrote: > > > I am trying to set up an NFS export on a Ras Pi (Raspbian Jessie). > > > Something seems to be missing and I need help troubleshooting it. > > > > > > At first the NFS port 2049 was not even being opened. After much > > > futzing around I discovered that if I manually start rpcbind with > > > > > > $ sudo /etc/init.d/rpcbind start > > > > > > then restart the nfs-kernel-server I can get it to work, but only > > > if I spell out the full ip address of the client. For instance if > > > I put this in /etc/exports it works: > > > > > > /srv/export 192.168.1.1(rw,sync) > > > > > > but not if I change it to this to allow other machines on the LAN > > > to mount (I get: mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting > > > 192.168.1.15:/srv/export): > > > > > > /srv/export 192.168.1.*(rw,sync) > > > > Now discovered that the below does work: > > /srv/export 192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync) > > > > So now I guess I'm down to one question. > > > > > 1) Why does rpcbind not start automatically on boot? > > In the meantime I discovered this in syslog: > Mar 30 09:57:05 hostname nfs-kernel-server[494]: Not starting: > portmapper is not running ... (warning). > > Any ideas what to look for for why rpcbind and/or portmapper and/or > 'whatever else' is not starting on boot? Most articles I've read on > setting up nfs server make it sound like it should just work, and that > has indeed been my experience on other systems, but on the RPi > something seems to be missing or misconfigured. > > Thanks,
I've found that sshfs is a whole lot less trouble to setup and make work. I am using it between 4 wheezy machines and a raspian jessie. Except for some x niggles, it all Just Works. As the usr #1. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>