[ale] NFS mounts...

[hirsch at zapmedia.com]

Brian J. Dowd writes:
 > I can't get NFS to work between two local machines
 > which are both on the net. Both machines are known
 > to each other via /etc/hosts.
 > Machine A has /filename MachineB(ro) in its /etc/exports
 > file and showmount -e indicates it is exporting properly to MachineB.
 > (I stopped and started portmap and nfs)
 > 
 > on Machine B a "mount MachineA:/filename /tmp"
 > gives the following error:
 > "mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused"
 > 
 > Why is Machine A refusing the connection while showmount
 > on that machine says
 > "Export list for MachineA:
 > /filename MachineB"
 > I'm sure I'm missing somthing basic. Any ideas?

Is portmap running?  Do you get any log messages?

--Michael


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