After a lot of digging, I found a solution/workaround. The problem is the nfs version, in short:
sudo mount -t nfs o nfsvers=2 server:/<serverdir> <localdir> does the trick. Anyway, here is what happens without specifying the nfsvers option: sudo mount -t nfs -v server:/<serverdir> <localdir> mount.nfs: timeout set for Sat May 21 11:59:43 2016 mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4,addr=192.168.1.133,clientaddr=192.168.1.25' mount.nfs: mount(2): Stale file handle Version 3 also does not work: sudo mount -t nfs -v o nfsvers=3 server:/<serverdir> <localdir> mount.nfs: timeout set for Sat May 21 12:00:12 2016 mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'nfsvers=3,addr=192.168.1.133' mount.nfs: prog 100003, trying vers=3, prot=6 mount.nfs: trying 192.168.1.133 prog 100003 vers 3 prot TCP port 2049 mount.nfs: prog 100005, trying vers=3, prot=17 mount.nfs: trying 192.168.1.133 prog 100005 vers 3 prot UDP port 55187 mount.nfs: mount(2): Stale file handle Finally, this does work: sudo mount -t nfs -v o nfsvers=2 server:/<serverdir> <localdir> mount.nfs: timeout set for Sat May 21 12:00:33 2016 mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'nfsvers=2,addr=192.168.1.133' mount.nfs: prog 100003, trying vers=2, prot=6 mount.nfs: trying 192.168.1.133 prog 100003 vers 2 prot TCP port 2049 mount.nfs: prog 100005, trying vers=1, prot=17 mount.nfs: trying 192.168.1.133 prog 100005 vers 1 prot UDP port 34856 Again, the NFS server runs Ubuntu Desktop 14.04, nfs export is done without any specific options wrt the nfs version. So maybe this is not a bug per se and it is just that the default for the version has changed, but IMHO, a meaningful error message would be *a lot* better than just timing out without any additional information. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1582854 Title: mount -t nfs not working in ubuntu 16.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1582854/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
