Ubuntu - NFS

markyboy

Hi there,

I'm trying to set up NFS between two machines and have used the following as guides

http://maestric.com/doc/unix/ubuntu_104/nfs

http://huuah.com/debian-nfs-server-ubuntu-nfs-client/

However when I try to mount the folder on the client I'm getting the following error

home@home-desktop:~$ sudo mount /media/share
mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking.
mount.nfs: Either use '-o nolock' to keep locks local, or start statd.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thank you.

GreenHell

From your client do this

1. sudo showmount -e nfsserver

If you have successfully exported your directory on your nfs server it will be listed here.

2. sudo mount nfsserver:/path/goes/here /path/on/client/side

markyboy

Thanks GreenHell

home@home-desktop:~$ sudo showmount -e nfsserver
clnt_create: RPC: Unknown host

The reason I'm trying to do this is my Samba shares stopped working a few weeks ago (Hard drive made some funny noises). I can SSH in the directory (see earlier thread of mine further down) but would prefer to use NFS as that will work with my XBMC setup and SSH won't.

Mark.

GreenHell

You did change "nfsserver" to the name of your nfs server right

markyboy

Why yes, yes I did, after you pointed it out to me

home@home-desktop:~$ sudo showmount -e 192.168.1.5
clnt_create: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out

GreenHell

very good. Looks like your nfs server isn't started btw

On your nfs server..

[redhat/centos/fedora]

service nfs restart

[ubuntu]

sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart

Check /etc/export

Your export path should be listed there..

if not

vi /etc/exports and add the path you are exporting with a * at the end (that is good enough for home networking imho)

Then do this..

exportfs -a That will export the file system. Do a showmount -e localhost on your nfs server to see if it has been exported.

markyboy

GreenHell wrote: »

exportfs -a That will export the file system. Do a showmount -e localhost on your nfs server to see if it has been exported.

I edited /etc/exports and did what you suggested

home@home-desktop:~$ showmount -e localhost
Export list for localhost:
/export *
/home/home/SHARE 192.168.1.4

As you can see it's showing an IP address which I probably manually added a few weeks ago and can't for the life of me remember how I did it.

Mark.

markyboy

Remembered! Installed Webmin and used that to specify the IP address.