10.3 NFS Read-only problem

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Hello All:

I am trying to set up an NFS server running OpenSuSE 10.3x64. As a test, I’m sharing a local directory called (for example) /bob and trying to mount it on the same machine at the mount point /jim
I did a chmod 777 on both locations, and the mount works, and even though the file system says it is mounted read-write, it is read only (Even when using the -o remount,rw option on the mount command).

My /etc/exports file looks like this:

/bob (fsid=0,rw,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,nohide,no_subtree_check)

After setting the file from Yast, the machine was rebooted to be on the safe side.)

  • What did I do wrong?

Lance

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There were several NFS problems in these forums that are solved by using the ‘right’ NFS server.

In YaSt > Software > Software Management and then ‘nfs’ in the search field, you will see 2 nfs servers: nfs-kernel-server and nfs-server. I use nfs-kernel-server. As said above several people got their nfs problems solved by switching to it.

In case you wonder how to do it, the basic aproach is:
YaST > System > System Services (runlevel) for stopping nfs.
YaST > Software > Software Manager (as above) for removing nfs-server and installing nfs-kernel-server.
YaST > System > System Services (runlevel) for starting nfs.

I am a bit in doubt what YaST > Network Services > NFS Server does do here, but you can stop it there also, so better check it is off in Runlevel and in NFS Server before removing.

Hope this helps.

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Hello Henk:

That worked locally, but I can’t connect to it from a Windows-based NFS client - it reports something like “No network provider accepted the given network path.” - This is when I browse to the share itself on the network. It did mount from this client with the other NFS, but was read-only. On a Linux-based client, no problems.

Lance

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My knowledge is completely Unix/Linux based, so I hope others can help you with the windows part.

May be, leaving out some of the options in /etc/exports (you use quite a lot), will make windows respond. You can always decide later if you realy need those options. This is just what I would try, but I admit that it is a ‘trial and errror’ method and not very sophisticated

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When i get windows involved, i usually use Linux samba server and mount it as a drive letter from the windows machine. Windows NFS should work but I dont have or use it at this point.

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Samba would work, but I’ve heard the performance is lower than NFS.