> On 12 Jan 2017, at 1:47 AM, Karl Young <ka...@kipshouse.org> wrote:
>
> I inherited a lab that has a few hundred hosts running FreeBSD 7.2.
> These hosts run test scripts that access files that are stored on
> FreeBSD 6.3 host. The 6.3 host exports a /data directory with NFS
>
>
> On the 7.2 hosts, I can see the exported directory:
>
> $ showmount -e 6.3-host
> Exports list on 6.3-host
> /data Everyone
>
> And access it with amd
>
> $ ls -l /net/6-3.host/data
>
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Jun 4 2009 git
> drwxr-xr-x 4586 root wheel 83968 Nov 2 04:50 home
>
> I'm trying to retire the 6.3 host and replace it with 9.3 (I know it's
> old, but it's the best I can do for now).
>
> I export the /data directory on the 9.3 system, and I can see it on my
> 7.2 hosts.
>
> $ showmount -e 9.3-host
> Exports list on 9.3-host:
> /data Everyone
>
> But I can't automount it:
>
> $ ls -l /net/9.3-host/data
> ls: /net/9.3-host/data: No such file or directory
>
> If I manually mount the exported directory, it works:
>
> $ sudo mount -t nfs 9.3-host:/data /mnt/data/
> $ mount | grep nfs
> 9.3-host:/data on /mnt/data (nfs)
>
> $ ls -l /mnt/data
> total 4
> drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 512 Dec 20 17:41 iaf2
>
> I've spent some time on Google, but haven't found a solution. I realize
> these are very old versions, but I'm not in a position to upgrade them
> right now. My last resort will be to use /etc/fstab to do the NFS
> mount, but I'd rather avoid that if I can.
>
> Thanks for any pointers on how to resolve this.
>
> -karl
>
>
if you changed the export file on the server after you tried to mount in on the
client,
and will not realise this, if that’s the case, usually rebooting the client
helps.
my .5 cents
danny
>
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