On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 02:50:06PM +0100, Ananda Samaddar wrote: > I'm tearing my hair out over this one. I'm trying to export some > directories using nfs. I've read the Arch Wiki and even been on the > IRC channel but I can't fix this bloody problem. I have a desktop and > a laptop both running Arch. The desktop is the server and the laptop > the client. I'm using MAC-DHCP address reservation so the desktop has > a static ip of 192.168.1.3 and the laptop 192.168.1.4. Here are the > relevant configs: > > SERVER > > /etc/exports: > > /home/ananda/ 192.168.1.4(ro,fsid=0,no_subtree_check,async,nohide) > /home/ananda/Music 192.168.1.4(ro,no_subtree_check,async,nohide) > > /etc/hosts.allow: > > nfsd: 192.168.1.4 > rpcbind: 192.168.1.4 > mountd: 192.168.1.4 > > I then start, rpcbind, nfs-common and nfs-server in order on the sever. > > CLIENT > > /etc/hosts.allow: > > rpcbind: 192.168.1.3 > > I then start rpcbind and nfs-common in that order on the client. > > There are no firewalls or iptables rules on the desktop and laptop as > I'm behind a NAT and I'm lazy. The domain names in /etc/idmapd.conf > are identical on both client and server too. > > When I try the command: > > mount -t nfs4 192.168.1.3:/home/ananda /mnt/shares > > I get the error message: > > mount.nfs4: access denied by server while mounting > 192.168.1.3:/home/ananda > > The error is the same if I try nfs as the type. I've also run > showmount on the client and the server at 192.168.1.3 shows the correct > exports. > > I have no idea what's wrong. I've check and double checked > everything. Any help will be appreciated. > > thanks, > > Ananda You declared /home/ananda as fsid=0, so just mount 192.168.1.3: without specifying a path. d
