Just in case anyone was curious about the outcome or runs into a similar problem, firewall was fine, but when I rebooted the client machine, it hung when trying to shut down the automounter, so I had to do a hard reset... After reboot of both machines, all works fine....
Why I didn't try that before is beyond me.. Thanks for your help. Bryan >> > I am trying to set up an NFS mount between 2 machines, but it >> > seems I am not getting it quite right. Here is the setup... >> > >> > Machine 1: host (192.168.1.1) is sharing it's /opt directory >> > Machine 2: client (192.168.1.20) is trying to mount the directory >> > >> > The host has the following /etc/exports file: >> > /opt 192.168.1.20(rw) >> > >> > On the client machine, I run: >> > # mount -t nfs 192.168.1.1:/opt /mnt/opt >> > >> > Then the process hangs and I cannot kill it. Here is what my logs >> > have to say.... First, on the host machine: >> > >> > Dec 20 13:47:12 host rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request >> > from 192.168.1.20:884 for /opt (/opt) >> > >> > Then on the client: >> > >> > Dec 20 13:17:59 client kernel: nfs: server www not >> > responding, still trying >> > Dec 20 13:22:43 client kernel: nfs_get_root: getattr error = 5 >> > >> > When I do a ps on the machine, I see the mount commands, but I cannot >> > seem to kill them with kill, or kill -9. >> > >> > There is a firewall (iptables) on the host machine, but >> > dropped packets >> > are logged and nothing is showing up in the logfile, so that >> > does not appear >> > to be the problem. >> > >> > Any ideas? >> > Thanks, >> > Bryan >> First, try it without any firewall. Then you could eliminate that >> problem. >> This line: >> > from 192.168.1.20:884 for /opt (/opt) >> > >> shows that it is trying port 884. Is that port open? >> Forrest _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
