We had your problem with our diskless clients too. This could be due to these ;
- We tried /remote/xw1, /remote/xw2 etc. to export but all were denied. I don't know why when we changed /remote with /tftpboot all of our problems were gone. - For the client part also you have to compile a new kernel with enabling NFS options. tk. ------ (If these did not work, and you find the problem please mail me) On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > With some struggling I have managed to get a diskless workstation > running and requesting the root from the NFS server. > I am now stuck because whatever I do the NFS server blocks the request from > the booting workstation to mount its root. > > I have tried many configuration of /etc/exports in an attempt to get it > working however the results are still the same. > (Yes, I am reloading the NFS daemons after each change) > > When the diskless workstation boots it goes through the required hoops and > finally requests to mount /export/root via NFS from my server 'huntsman'. > The request to mount /export/root to 192.168.1.11 (diskless workstation) can > be seen in the output of mountd in the syslog. However the mountd denies the > request due to lack of permissions. I do not understand why. > > I am able to mount the /export/root directory to /mnt by hand on as root on > my huntsman machine and it is still accessable rw using the nobody account. > What user/group id does the kernal use when requesting root? Does it use > root user and group ID? > > My /etc/exports entry looks as follows: > > /export/root 192.168.1.11(rw, no_root_squash) huntsman(rw, > no_root_squash) > > This is as per the various sources of documentation for diskless booting > however it still does not work. > > Thanks in advance, > David > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
