Re: Mounting root on a diskless using NFS
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.
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(If these did not work, and you find the problem please mail me)
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 david.cureton@nokia.com 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
>
>
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