On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:29 PM, stan <gr...@q.com> wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 11:08:25 -0400 > "Doll, Margaret Ann" <margaret_d...@brown.edu> wrote: > > > I am trying to export some of the directories from the Fedora system, > > so that I can get the files backed up. > > I think you mean that these are separate systems rather than > partitions, so I probably can't help much with this as I don't have a > network, so don't deal with network issues. But since I see you've > posted this for the second time, I'll try to give you something. > > > > > My server to which I am trying to export the files is a RedHat system > > which already has RedHat and Umbuntu directories mounted on it. So > > the problem is not with the RedHat system. > > Here you use directories, above you implied systems. For directories, > just put entries in fstab using the UUID (blkid) so they are mounted at > boot. Create mount points to use in fstab in /mnt. >
I have the correct entries in /etc/exports on the Fedora system and corresponding entries in /etc/fstab on the RedHat system. As I said I have successfully mounted directories to the RedHat system from a couple of other systems. > > > > > Fedora 8 no longer has portmap but uses rpcbind instead. The error > > message that I get when rpcbind is started up implies that I should > > start rpcbind as "rpcbind -w". I changed the /etc/init.d/rpcbind > > file to do this. Then I get an error message saying that > > the /var/...rpcbind.file has the wrong permissions. I changed the > > permissions to rwxrw rw. I still get the permissions problem. > > If the *directory* permissions to the file are not executable, you will > not be able to read the contents, and thus the file will be unavailable > to you. > I made a mistake in the line that I typed above. Everyone could read and execute the files. The files should have been available to everyone and every process. > > > > > On the server, the "mount filesystem" gives me no error message, but > > nothing is mounted. > > Do you see anything in /var/log/messages on the server? Have you tried > the -v option? > There are no error messages on the RedHat system. > > > > > How does one get Fedora 8 to export directories? > > I think an alternative to the method you are using would be to use nfs, > but that is conjecture on my part. Maybe you would have better luck > with a different technique. > I am using nfs. > > In your situation, I would do a lot of web searching. :-) > The web searches all report the problems I am having, but I have found no solutions. Thanks for your remarks. > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >
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