Hi,

After installing Solaris 5.10 on a UltraSparc III+, I have perfect 
connection to the internet, but can't connect to my nfs-server 
(Slackware 12). With this vfstab entry:

Kaapstad:/admin -       /mnt/Kaapstadadmin      nfs     -       yes     -

I get this error after mount -a :

nfs mount: Kaapstad:/admin: No such file or directory

Kaapstad is in the /etc/hosts file, so that's no problem. However, 
looking at nfs:

 > ps -ef | grep nfs
 >   daemon   282     1   0 09:02:26 ?           0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/lockd
 >   daemon   265     1   0 09:02:26 ?           0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/nfsmapid
 >   daemon   271     1   0 09:02:26 ?           0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/nfs4cbd
 >   daemon   267     1   0 09:02:26 ?           0:00 /usr/lib/nfs/statd

Makes me suspect I have nfs4 running, instead of nfs3. And the server 
doesn't accept nfs4 connections. Can I safely (and easily) replace nfs4 
by nfs3?

Thank you.

Huub <v.niekerk_@_hccnet.nl> writes:

>Hi,

>After installing Solaris 5.10 on a UltraSparc III+, I have perfect 
>connection to the internet, but can't connect to my nfs-server 
>(Slackware 12). With this vfstab entry:

>Kaapstad:/admin -       /mnt/Kaapstadadmin      nfs     -       yes     -

>I get this error after mount -a :

>nfs mount: Kaapstad:/admin: No such file or directory


I'm afraid that you need to create the directory /mnt/Kaapstadadmin
first.

Casper
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On 2010-01-29 12:46:15 +0000, Huub said:

> Makes me suspect I have nfs4 running, instead of nfs3. And the server 
> doesn't accept nfs4 connections. Can I safely (and easily) replace nfs4 
> by nfs3?

They should negotiate versions properly. But if there are problems with 
using a negotiated version (NFSv4 from a Linux server is problematic) 
you can edit /etc/default/nfs and force the Solaris NFS client to only 
negotiate 3.

-- 
Chris

>> I get this error after mount -a :
>
>> nfs mount: Kaapstad:/admin: No such file or directory
>
>
> I'm afraid that you need to create the directory /mnt/Kaapstadadmin
> first.

Thanks for your answer. I should have mentioned I did create the directory:

# ls /mnt
Kaapstadadmin
# ls /mnt/Kaapstadadmin/
# ls -l /mnt/Kaapstadadmin/
total 0

So that's not the cause.

Any other suggestions?

On 01/29/10 14:14, Chris Ridd wrote:
> On 2010-01-29 12:46:15 +0000, Huub said:
>
>> Makes me suspect I have nfs4 running, instead of nfs3. And the server
>> doesn't accept nfs4 connections. Can I safely (and easily) replace
>> nfs4 by nfs3?
>
> They should negotiate versions properly. But if there are problems with
> using a negotiated version (NFSv4 from a Linux server is problematic)
> you can edit /etc/default/nfs and force the Solaris NFS client to only
> negotiate 3.
>

Thank you! This did the trick.

Huub <v.niekerk_@_hccnet.nl> writes:

>>> I get this error after mount -a :
>>
>>> nfs mount: Kaapstad:/admin: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> I'm afraid that you need to create the directory /mnt/Kaapstadadmin
>> first.

>Thanks for your answer. I should have mentioned I did create the directory:

># ls /mnt
>Kaapstadadmin
># ls /mnt/Kaapstadadmin/
># ls -l /mnt/Kaapstadadmin/
>total 0

>So that's not the cause.

What does the following command show:

	showmount -e Kaapstad

Casper
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to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

>
> What does the following command show:
>
> 	showmount -e Kaapstad
>

The suggestion from Chris Ridd worked for me. The outcome from showmount 
showed that there shouldn't be a problem. Thanks for you suggestions.