Re: NFS is working again, but problem not solved.
On Sunday 03 August 2008 22:13, Andrew Reid wrote:
> On Sunday 03 August 2008 13:36, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > While mfs mounting wasn't working, our LAN was disconnected from the
> > wider internet. Although all the machines in question could talk to each
> > other, the DSL link to the rest of the world was down because of ISP
> > failure. Now it's up again, and NFS mounting works fine again.
> >
> > So why does nfs need access to the wider internet?
>
> Does something in your exports file depend on a network
> service? NIS/LDAP database for host groups, name resolution
> for allowed hosts, or for the NIS/LDAP host?
Replying to myself here, I see that you already
mentioned /etc/exports uses IP numbers, so my guess has already
been eliminated.
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Andrew Reid / reidac@bellatlantic.net
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