/etc/exports <-> mount problem

Francois Normant fn at fractal.math.yale.edu
Wed Jun 12 05:36:11 AEST 1991


I have 2 RS6000s (one 530, one 930) running AIX 3.1.5., let say foo1 and foo2.
I tried to set /etc/exports file on foo1 to export /u to foo2.

On foo1
------
/etc/exports contains 1 line:
/u foo2
and I did 
exportfs -a

On foo2
------
I first checked that foo1 was mountable:
showmount -e foo1
export list for foo1:
/u foo2

Then I created a directory /users/foo1
and I tried 
mount foo1:/u /users/foo1
and here is the result:
 
mount foo1:/u /users/foo1
mount: access denied for foo1:/u
mount: giving up on:
	foo1:/u
Permission denied


I tried to change /etc/exports on foo1 in the following ways
1) /u -access=foo2   		=> permission denied
2) /u -access=foo2,root=foo2	=> permission denied		
3) /u -root=foo2		=> ok it worked, but now /u is opened to the world !


I never experienced that problem with IRIX, SUN3, SPARC...



Any idea will be welcome. Thanks

 
-- 
Francois Normant - fn at math.yale.edu
Yale University - Mathematics Department
Box 2155 - Yale Station
New Haven CT 06520



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