Re: mountd/nfsd/exports

Glynn Clements (glynn@sensei.co.uk)
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 16:02:23 +0100 (BST)


hayward@slothmud.org wrote:

> I'm trying to just do a simple nfs mount from one linux server to another,
> here is the current setup:
>
> both servers run portmap, mountd, nfsd from "rc" scripts.
> EXPORTS file on server1:
>
> /usr server2.domain.org(no_root_squash)
>
> [root@server2 /]# mount server1:/usr /mnt
> mount clntupd_create: RPC: Program not registered
>
> MESSAGES file on server1 after that command:
>
> Jul 31 21:29:09 atog portmap[815]: connect from server2_ip_add to
> getport(mountd): request from unauthorized host

You need to add the IP address of the client to /etc/hosts.allow.
Other forms may work, but many of the forms which are accepted by tcpd
aren't accepted by mountd.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>
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